Dallas candidate who promised to reward kids for marrying white loses by 25 votes

[DonViejo]

Source: The Dallas Morning News




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Dallas attorney J.J. Koch eked out a win for the Republican nomination for Dallas County commissioner, beating Vickers "Vic" Cunningham, a former judge who drew national headlines over alleged racist behavior and language.

Twenty-five votes decided the race for northern Dallas County's District 2 seat.

"That was totally bonkers," Koch said. "To say that this race was contentious is an understatement. To say that the last four days were bad for the Republican party is an understatement."

On Friday, the last day of early voting, Cunningham admitted to rewarding his kids financially if they marry a white, heterosexual, Christian person in a story that reverberated nationally after it was published by The Dallas Morning News.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2018-elections/2018/05/22/dallas-candidate-promised-reward-kids-marrying-white-leads-early-vote

[olegramps]

1. Yeah, but that he lost by a miserly 25 votes is the major story.

[NCjack]

9. Probably those 25 people are in mixed race marriages. Payback. nt

[Orsino]

10. ...And that his attempt to control his children probably cost him more than 25 votes.

I hope this is cause for him to reevaluate being a racist asshole.

[dalton99a]

2. So his brother is in a gay marriage and his son is dating a Vietnamese woman

Delicious

[raccoon]

3. Add Aryan to his list of adjectives. You might as well nt

[CurtEastPoint]

4. And this GIANT PENIS HEAD is a former JUDGE? How impartial could he possibly be?

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[dixiegrrrrl]

11. Penis head is an amazingly accurate description...wow. n/t

[marble falls]

5. Thank goodness he was the best campaigner against himself.

[BaileyBill]

6. A quick reminder that this was the Republican primary.

Dallas County is actually trending quite Democratic.

[Chemisse]

7. I actually suggested to my kids that they marry someone with dark pigmentation.

Since darker skin is more protective against harmful ultraviolet in a thinning ozone, and I thought it would be beneficial for future grandchildren.

I think it firmed up their opinion of me as the beloved, yet 'eccentric' mother.

[catrose]

8. That was a Republican primary

What breaks my head is that the Dallas-Fort Worth area Democrats chose a gay Latina to run for governor. She is a hometown girl, a former sheriff, but still there must be a heck of a cultural divide.

[Demovictory9]

13. there is a cultural divide, and the GOP establishment gerrymanders like crazy to reduce

influence of liberal areas

[Demovictory9]

12. his mom says he is a bigot

However, a former political aide of Cunningham's described him making repeated racist statements. A text message from Cunningham’s son showed concern that his father would not accept his relationship with an Asian woman. And in a recorded conversation, Cunningham’s mother, Mina Cunningham, acknowledged her son had been a longtime bigot.