Posted on 02/05/2020 8:36:46 AM PST by Conserv
Former Rep. Kweisi Mfume, who last served in the House in 1996, has won the Democratic nomination for the seat vacated by his successor, the late Rep. Elijah E. Cummings. Defeating 23 Democrats — including Cummings’ widow — he’s heavily favored to be the next member of Congress from the solidly Democratic Baltimore-area seat.
With nearly all the precincts reporting, Mfume had 43 percent of the vote. Cummings’ widow, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, was in second place with 17 percent, followed by state Sen. Jill Carter with 16 percent.
Mfume has denied allegations of sexual harassment during his tenure at the NAACP, which The Baltimore Sun unearthed during the campaign, and those allegations didn’t seem to dampen his support among older African American women, a crucial voting bloc in the district. Half of the district’s voters live in the city.
Mfume had the support of two of Cummings’ sisters, who complained that Rockeymoore Cummings, who could have been the first woman to hold the seat, wasn’t “genuine.”
“She’s not Elijah, no way,” Diane Woodson, Cummings’ 63-year-old sister, told CQ Roll Call last month at a “Women for Mfume” event in Baltimore. “She could never fill his seat or the shoes that he walked in,” Cheretheria Blount, his 70-year-old sister, added.
National politics, including Monday’s presidential caucuses in Iowa and its delayed results, as well as an equally crowded upcoming Baltimore mayoral primary, overshadowed this congressional primary, which fell on the same day as President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address.
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I haven’t heard this guy’s name in forever. Thought he was dead.
Kweisi Eddie - His prices are INSANE!!!!!
He is actually probably the most moderate of the group running; and he actually is a smart guy, unlike Elijah. It will be an improvement for that district.
I saw what you did....
RACISSSSSSSSSS.
His mom was evidently a really bad Scrabble player.
Real name: Frizzell Gerald Gray
Couldn’t he have picked something easier to remember?
Like “He Hate Me”?
What the hell, Baltimordor?
Oh, wait. Now I get it. “Us” vs. “them.” OK when they do it. I got it now.
}:-)4
Trump should tweet after he wins, and tell him to clean up Baltimore, and he will help him.
Wasn’t he head of the NAACP at one point? I remember he made headlines over something then.
How old is that bazzard now?
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