(The Huffington Post) –Rep. Artur Davis’ stunningly lopsided loss in the Alabama gubernatorial primary has been attributed, in large part, to his unwillingness to court the Democratic base and, in particular, black voters, who seemed completely un-enthused by the notion of electing the state’s first African-American governor. The strains between Davis and the black community, indeed, ran […]
(TheLoop21) — Most of us will never get the chance to write our own obituaries but this remains one of the few perks of candidates whose political careers are officially dead. As pundits conduct the equivalent of an autopsy after a loss (i.e. “We all know that campaign is dead, now let’s decide what killed […]
(The Washington Post) — Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) declared his political career at an end a day after his decisive primary defeat in the contest to become Alabama’s governor. “I have no interest in running for political office again,” Davis told The Birmingham News Wednesday. “The voters spoke in a very decisive way across every […]
This friend of Obama's lost Alabama's gubernatorial primaries.
African-American political leader could make history in Alabama.