Posted on 04/29/2020 6:59:20 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Democrat Kweisi Mfume won a special congressional election in Maryland on Tuesday and will replace the late Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) for the rest of his term in the state’s 7th district.
Cummings, who chaired the House Oversight Committee, died at 68 in October 2019. His office told news outlets that he died due to “complications concerning longstanding health challenges.” Following Cummings’s death, over 30 people—including some two dozen Democrats—announced bids for the seat he had held since 1996.
Mfume defeated Republican Kimberly Klacik to win the seat, with The Associated Press calling the race after 8 p.m. local time. The 71-year-old Democrat had earlier held the seat for five terms from 1987 to 1996, before he left Congress and chaired the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) civil rights group, from 1996 until 2004. The NAACP is based in Baltimore.
Mfume will now serve out the remainder of Cummings’s term, which ends in January. He may run again in the state’s June 2 primary in hopes of winning reelection in November to serve a full term. The primary was originally scheduled for April but was postponed by Gov. Larry Hogan due to the CCP virus.
All voters in the 7th Congressional District were strongly urged to vote by mail due to the pandemic caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, also known as the novel coronavirus. The Maryland Board of Elections had authorized mail-in ballots and sent out ballots weeks in advance. Three in-person polling stations were still opened on Tuesday for those who were unable to cast a mail ballot, such as those without mailing addresses or voters who require special assistance.
Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss
Meet the new corruptocrat.
Same as the old corruptocrat
Our first mail vote fraud. We are really into hoaxes.
AKA the Dead.
So long to one black racist hello to another black racist.
What the hell is a Kweisi Mfume? Some kind of yeast infection?
No, just a skinnier version of Cummings with more hair.
Too bad the morons in Baltimore elected that old racist MFume, as Kimberly Klacik looks to be a pretty good candidate.
Let hope MFume can only do so much damage between now and January
How many of the folks would vote for Frizzell Gerald Gray?
It is obvious we have a color blind society but only if you are white.
No mention of why he left NAACP
Talk host Howie Carr calls him Kwazy
Mofo.
i hate the fake african names.
And six months later, there is still no announced cause of death? I'm beginning to suspect complications of AIDS. I don't know what else, in this day and age, would be so carefully concealed. I have never heard rumors regarding EC in this regard, but the silence about cause of death is curious.
I thought that death certificates and, therefore, the cause of death are matters of public record. My understanding is that this information can be sealed by a court. Did EC's family request this?
In other news, dog bites man.
Mfume?
Buy a vowel dammit.
Every time I hear that name “Kweisi” I think of George Jefferson’s way of referring to his wife Louise as “Weezi.” (From the sitcom “The Jeffersons” from way back in 1975 running to 1985.)
Maybe metoo will get him but have you noticed that metoo doesn’t seem to affect black candidates? Except Herman Cain of course.
Kweisi Mfume. Sounds like a disease.
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