( - promoted by Carnacki)
In the 23rd House of Delegates District entirely located entirely within McDowell County's border incumbent Clif Moore who happens to be African-American defeated Emily Yeager 56 percent to 44 percent to win the Democratic nomination. He will be running unopposed in the November general election with no Republican opponent at the present time and is lock to be re-elected for another term in office.
In the race for Circuit Court Judge for the 8th Circuit District incumbent Booker T. Stephens easily defeated his opponent Ted White by a 2 to 1 margin to win the Democratic nomination. Like Del. Moore he has no Republican opponent at the present time and is a lock to be re-elected for another term.
Both Del. Moore and Judge Stephens are great people as well as great servants for McDowell County. I know that both of them are the real deal.
This won't alleviate most of the criticism about W. Virginians' reluctance to support African-American candidates, but I'm hoping and praying the so-called experts will at least take a look at McDowell County voters and West Virginians as a whole both white and African-American before criticizing us West Virginians again.
Also Hillary Clinton is loved to death by the people here in McDowell County and West Virginia as a whole. To me this was more of a pro-Hillary Clinton vote than an anti-Barack Obama vote.
I also believe that a part of Obama's struggles here in W. Virginia were much more so because of the false perception of his church, his "Muslim-sounding" name, Rev. Wright's "GD America" comments, and Obama's "small-town" comments than race.
And McDowell County's population is 87 percent white and just 12 percent black, for those whom use the "McDowell County has a larger African-American percentage than any other West Virginia county" argument.
That's just my opinion.... |
