bigolhawg Wrote:The Republican Party does not have a single black member of Congress. A story like this is very much overshadowed by that fact.
Are all politics local?It has to start from a grass roots level first don't you agree?
The Republicans have 4 decades of lies and misimformation to overcome.The demecratic party has pandered to minorities and pitted groups against each other for no other reason than power and winning election after election.
Here's a list of black republicans who have been elected to office up to 2002.This list will grow i'm sure.
Kenneth Blackwell,OH Secretary of state
Cynthia Calhoun,Dallas County Clerk
Linda Douglass,Guadalupe County(TX)Treasurer
George Hanks,jr, TX District judge 157
Bill Hardiman,MI State Senate,District 29
Lisa Hembry,Dallas County Treasurer
Diane Jones,Dallas County Criminal Court 11
ED Jones,CO State Senate,District 11
Sherman Parker,MO State rep,District 12
Jane Pawdrell Culbert,NM State House,District 44
Michael Williams,TX Railroad Commission Chair
Jackie Winters,OR State Senate,District 10