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By Leonard E. Colvin
Chief Reporter
New Journal & Guide
In 2013, when Terry McAuliffe first ran for governor of Virginia, he lost the white vote by 20 points.
But McAuliffe won 90 percent of the Black Vote and that propelled him to a narrow 3-point victory over his Conservative Republican rival Ken Cuccinelli.
According to Dr. Eric Claville, the Director of The Center for African American Public Policy (CAAmPP) at Norfolk State University, McAuliffe secured 47.8% of the vote and Cuccinelli, secured 45.2%
A third-party candidate, he said, registered a historic and strong 6.5% of the electorate, pulling votes away from the Democrats.
Continue reading All Eyes On Virginia Governor’s Election at The New Journal and Guide.
Critics have called it a stunt to invite sympathy. Yet Amuriat says campaigning without shoes is a protest and that those who do not get its symbolism are missing a point.
Uganda is due to hold a general election on January 14. Amuriat and another opposition candidate, Bobi Wine have had their rallies violently dispersed by security forces or been arrested.
In mid-November, scores of people were killed as security forces attempted to quell protests against the arrest and detention of Bobi Wine.
Police has accused the candidates of addressing huge gatherings in contravention of regulations on COVID-19 prevention.
Swollen feet
In an interview with one of the dailies in Uganda, Amuriat said his feet hurt a lot and has to pour cold water on them in between campaign stops for some relief.
Doctors have cautioned him on the potential danger of contracting tetanus from cuts to his feet.
Yet Amuriat remains adamant. He says by refusing to wear shoes, he’s standing in solidarity with people whose wealth and opportunities have been stolen by the country’s longtime ruler Yoweri Museveni.
JUST IN: FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat has been arrested at the border of Rubirizi and Bushenyi districts. The reason for his arrest is yet to be known📹 @MukhayeD#MonitorUpdates#UGDecides2021 pic.twitter.com/xopK4FMoD0
— Daily Monitor (@DailyMonitor) December 4, 2020
Museveni, in power since 1986 is seeking a new term. In 2017, he changed the constitution to remove age limits that would have stopped him from seeking re-election.
FDC is Uganda’s largest opposition party. In 3 previous elections, the party fronted veteran activist and retired army colonel Kizza Besigye for president.
Harold Eugene Ford, Sr., a United States Representative from Tennessee from 1975 to 1997, was born on May 20, 1945 in Memphis, Tennessee to Vera Davis and Newton Jackson Ford, a funeral home director. Ford’s family was part of the local black elite dating back to the beginning of the 20th Century. Ford graduated from Tennessee State University in Nashville in 1967 and later earned an M.B.A. degree from Howard University in 1982.
In 1974, Ford won the Democratic nomination for the Memphis-based 8th Congressional District and the right to oppose four-term Republican incumbent Dan Kuykendall. Kuykendall had first been elected to Congress in 1964, the first of the “Goldwater Republicans” to be elected from the South. Despite Kuykendall’s most recent reelection in 1972, the district was becoming more African American as many Memphis whites left the city for the suburbs. Ford also took advantage of an unprecedented voter registration drive campaign in African American Memphis. The campaign between the white conservative Republican and black liberal Democrat was hotly contested and quickly took on racial overtones.
When the ballots were initially counted it appeared that Kuykendall had won in a close race. However, Ford’s supporters uncovered several ballot boxes that had reportedly been in a dumpster behind the offices of the then-all white Shelby County Election Commission. When these previously uncounted votes were verified, Ford was declared the winner in what was considered a significant upset by some political analysts.
Ford was the first African American to represent Tennessee in Congress in the 20th century. He served on the U.S. House Select Committee on Assassinations that investigated the death of prominent American leaders. Ford easily won reelection in 1976 and 1978 through a coalition of black activists and organized labor and ran unopposed in 1980.
Beginning in the late 1980s Ford groomed his son Harold Ford, Jr. to be his successor and decided that 1996 would be the perfect time for such a
Businessman and former People's National Party (PNP) treasurer, Norman Horne is rejecting claims that withdrawing his nomination as an opposition Senator is dependent on the party repaying him a $10M debt. Horne was one of eight...
An aspiring journalist, believed to be the youngest person ever to interview a sitting US president, has suddenly passed away at the young age of 23. Damon Weaver was 11 years old when he interviewed former President Barack Obama in 2009 during his first year in office. As an 11-year-old, student reporter Weaver landed the […]
[Daily News] AS the country inches to the General Election on 28th next week, religious leaders have been urged to abstain from engaging with people, who preach and plan chaos.
by E. Faye Williams, Esq. (TriceEdneyWire.com)—And it’s long overdue!!!Juneteenth has beenofficially recognized and designated a national holiday!!On June 15th, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved the measure and on June 16th, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly did the same.This bill was signed into law by President Biden on June 17th, and codified an event long observed … Continued
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Prime Minister Hon. Allen Chastanet has stressed that the extension of Saint Lucia’s state-of-emergency to October 16, will not hinder the nation’s upcoming general election. During a recent sitting of Parliament, the House of Assembly approved a five-month extension of the state-of-emergency, beginning May 17 and running into the final quarter of the year. With elections […]
This article PM Says State Of Emergency Will Not Hinder Elections appeared first on St. Lucia Times News.
… make history as the first African-American to lead the country’s … Pentagon, and is the only African-American to have headed U.S … in the Army, especially among African-American officers and enlisted soldiers, as …
MARK Golding does not support the view by some, that Lisa Hanna's past history of association with the rival Jamaica Labour Party should prevent her from competing for the top post in the People's National Party.
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER and WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden has formally clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, setting him up for a bruising challenge to President Donald Trump that will play out against the unprecedented backdrop of a pandemic, economic collapse and civil unrest.
Biden fared little better in the New Hampshire primary, where his standing was so low that he left the state before polls closed on election night to instead rally black voters in South Carolina.
Biden’s strong showing in states such as North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee and Texas reinforced his status as the preferred Democratic candidate of African American voters — but the relationship has not been without its strained moments.
But Biden must ensure that black voters are motivated to show up to the polls in November, especially in critical swing states that narrowly went for Trump in 2016.
Biden’s embrace of his party’s left flank could help him consolidate a Democratic base that remained deeply divided after the 2016 primary and ultimately hurt Hillary Clinton in her defeat to Trump.
voters and African Americans from Biden and African American Democrats.
Moreover, recent history suggests that simply being African American Democratic primary, African American voters passed on argued, many African Americans view elections pragmatically
Melvin Evans achieved distinction as the first popularly elected governor of the Virgin Islands—a multi–island territory in the eastern Caribbean. As the first black Delegate to represent the American territory in the U.S. Congress, Evans used his political experience to promote health care, education, and other areas of concern to his constituents during his brief tenure in the House of Representatives. “A man of conviction and high integrity, Congressman Evans would not be swayed from his principles,” asserted Representative Donald Clausen of California. “A spokesman for the common man, he assured that the interests of his constituents were never overlooked.”1Melvin Herbert (Mel) Evans was born in Christiansted, St. Croix, on August 7, 1917, soon after the United States purchased the Virgin Islands from Denmark. After graduating from high school on St. Thomas, Evans received a bachelor of science degree in 1940 from Howard University and an M.D. from the Howard University College of Medicine in 1944. In 1945, Evans married Mary Phyllis Anderson, a nurse he met in a New York hospital; the couple had four sons: William, Melvin, Jr., Robert, and Cornelius.2 During the next 15 years he served in a variety of medical and public health posts at hospitals and institutions in the United States and the Virgin Islands. From 1959 to 1967 Evans served as the Commissioner of Health for the Virgin Islands; he also was the chairman of the Governor’s Commission on Human Resources from 1962 to 1966. In 1967 he furthered his academic credentials by earning a master’s degree in public health from the University of California at Berkeley. He returned to private practice for two years before President Richard M. Nixon appointed him governor of the Virgin Islands. In August 1968 Congress passed the Virgin Islands Elective Governor Act, providing for the election of a governor by the territory’s residents. Evans was elected as a Republican to the governor’s office in 1970 and served until 1975. After his unsuccessful bid for re–election in 1974, he was Republican National Committeeman from the Virgin Islands and chairman of the board of trustees of the College of the Virgin Islands.3In 1972, Congress authorized nonvoting Delegates for the Virgin Islands and Guam in the House of Representatives.4 When the first Delegate of the Virgin Islands, Democrat Ron de Lugo, announced his decision to leave the House at the end of the 95th Congress (1977–1979) to run for governor of the American territory, Evans entered the 1978 general election to fill his open seat. In a tight race, Evans narrowly defeated Democrat Janet Watlington, a congressional aide to de Lugo, with 52 percent of the vote, to become the Virgin Islands’s first black Delegate.5 Sworn in to the 96th Congress (1979–1981) on January 3, 1979, Evans served on the Armed Services, Interior and Insular Affairs, and Merchant Marine and Fisheries committees. During his congressional career, Evans paid close attention to the needs of his unique constituency, focusing on a legislative agenda
To deflect from criticism about his \"election integrity\" activities, Virginia gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin released an ad that is eerily similar to a viral ad released last year by Sen. Raphael Warnock.
Last night the California State Assembly voted to pass ACA 5.
The bill authored by Assemblymember Dr. Shirley Weber (D-San Diego), chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus, sponsored the bill.
The ballot measure that could overturn Proposition 209 now moves to the state Senate for consideration.
“And let’s make sure Black Americans in California benefit significantly.”
California voters approved Prop 209 in 1996, a ballot measure that outlawed the consideration of race in contracting, college admissions, employment and state data reporting in California.
FERGUSON, MO
Cori Bush, a community activist who led protests in Ferguson, Mo. following the 2014 fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by police officers, defeated long-time Missouri Congressman William Lacy Clay in the recent Mo. Democratic Primary. If she wins the general election in November, which she is expected to do, Cori Bush will be the first Black woman to be elected to the House of Representatives from Missouri.
Clay is a 10-term Congressman who replaced his father William Clay to represent Missouri’s First Congressional District in the House of Representatives.
Continue reading Grassroots Activist Defeats 10-Term Congressman in Missouri at The New Journal and Guide.
[Daily Trust] The Executive Secretary, National Council for Democratic Development (NCCD), Prince Nwaeze Onu, on Sunday, warned politicians from the Southeast region of the country to do away with making calls for Igbo Presidency a sectional agenda.
After The Associated Press and other major news networks projected that Joe Biden is the winner of the presidential election, President Donald Trump issued a […]
By: Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30) Chairwoman, House Science, Space and Technology Committee On November 3, 2020, the American people turned out in record numbers across the country to participate in the democratic process. Texas was among the several states that shattered its previous turnout records. It is estimated that 66% of Texas’ 17 million […]
WESTERN BUREAU: There seems to be no letting up by the campaign teams of both the incumbent, Dwayne Vaz of the People’s National Party (PNP), and George Wright of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), in the Frome division in Westmoreland Central, which...
The award is named after six-time NBA champion and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who has dedicated his life to the fight for equality. The recipient will have advanced Abdul-Jabbar’s mission to drive change and inspired others to reflect on injustice and take collective action in their communities over the previous year.
… had a complicated relationship with Black Americans that often goes unspoken.
On … immense pride and loyalty among Black Americans. On the other hand, he … his failure to appoint an African American to the Supreme Court and …
In a statement issued yesterday by the spokesman for the PDP, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, the main opposition party blamed President Muhammadu Buhari and his administration for failing to contain the mindless killings.
The statement said: \"Our party holds that the situation where marauders and insurgents, who had been pushed to the fringes by the PDP administration, had resurged under the APC, to the extent of occupying territories, ravaging communities and killing our citizens with reckless abandon, raises a lot of questions.
\"It is even more lamentable that the bandits had become so emboldened by the failure of the APC administration to the extent of holding Mr. President's home state, Katsina, to ransom.
The main opposition party said the time has come for the administration to define its stand on the issue of insecurity in the country, particularly the call by well-meaning Nigerians on President Buhari to rejig the nation's top security architecture and inject new blood into the system.
\"The PDP weeps for the victims of the mindless attacks and restates its call on President Buhari to wake up from slumber and take conclusive steps, beyond speeches, to flush the bandits out of our nation\".
