Yesterday, Rep John Lewis passed on. This leaves a curious problem now.
The election? Well, in the 5th district, after the primary....John Lewis had easily won this with around 88-percent of the vote, with Barrington Martin II getting roughly 12-percent.
The opposition? Angela Stanton King. Enthusiasm for her? It was not a real primary situation, and she barely drew 8k votes. Lewis drew 141k primary voters, and Martin drew 20k voters.
So the question here....can a no-name type of young guy like Martin....get the blessing of the party, and maneuver up to win the race?
Will the public turn and ask more questions about King (the Republican)?
Should the health of Lewis been brought up six months ago? You just shake your head and wonder what the strategy was here....to just run, win, and get as far into the process as possible?
The bigger piece of this puzzle? The fifth district is basically urbanized Atlanta, so will the recent shooting figure into all of this, and BLM support matter on the replacement pick for the Democratic Party?
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