“...Miller's successor as governor, Roy Barnes, appointed Miller to a U.S. Senate seat following the death of Republican Sen. Paul Coverdell in July 2000. While the Democratic Party's historic control of Georgia politics had waned for years, Miller remained popular. He easily won a special election to keep the seat in November 2000. During the campaign to keep the seat, Miller spoke warmly of his late friend Coverdell, praised Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush, and promised to work for bipartisanship in the Senate...”
I loath Roy Barnes & was livid when he (or his political allies) made the special election non-partisan. Absent a party affiliation, voters would be inclined to vote on name recognition—IOW Zell.
Zell Milker was a close friend of Senator Coverdell and he promised to represent all Georgians, not the democrat Georgians.
He kept his word. Had he sought re-election I would have proudly cast my vote for him. I would have been a republican voting for a democrat.
It happens. :)
Thanks, but yours would have been a ‘good’ vote understandingly,.....
Mine was just a stupid vote when I didn’t know any better!