Stranger things have happened. Nevermind the outrage of political insiders or the predictions of those who think fair play and decency will net a much-deserved victory for Jim Martin on Aug. 8th: Greg Hecht is not out of the hunt in this race. Despite his objectionable campaign tactics and the endorsements Jim Martin has earned, the question comes down to what voters will end up going to the polls. In an e-mail today, Hecht said, "The areas we won turn out well in runoffs. Also, we gained the endorsement of the third place finisher Senator Steen Miles, who won over 64,000 votes and is from Dekalb County where the Congressional runoff is occurring."
That's all true, and this race is going to come down to who is able to put an effective GOTV plan into motion. Those of us who are supporting Jim Martin would do well to remember that and to do all we can to help make sure his voters get to the polls on the 8th.
Friday, July 28, 2006
Hecht Could Win
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This is all true Amy. It seems as if my guy, Martin, has everything going his way. But the nature of runoffs is different from primaries or general elections. It does come down to who can energize their voters more. And down ballot races in certain areas can either help or hurt a candidate as well.
Everyone's down on both Hecht and Cynthia McKinney right now. But I wouldn't be shocked to see either or both win. All of this gloom and doom talk might just motivate more of their supporters to show up on election day.
As for Buckner/Hicks, I wouldn't even venture a guess.
Here, in Macon, where the paper endorsed Hecht (it will be interesting to see if that changes), Hecht beat Martin handily. Of course, we also got all the mail and the calls. I want Martin to win this one. While Hecht's logic might be flawed, I hope that Martin's supporters will not assume a win is a given. Runoffs are strange animals. Anyone got a map that shows the areas, statewide, that Hecht or Martin carried. That would be interesting to look at.
http://chrisishardcore.com/elections/index-ltgd.xhtml
Hasn't been updated since 11:00 pm on election night and also requires windows firefox but you can get a pretty good idea of who won where.
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