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I remember seeing a suspicious looking "turn-out" map in the Dallas Boring (Morning) News highlighting the great GOTV effort on behalf of the Rethugs in Dallas County. The reason I bring this race up is because it was between two incumbents. Martin Frost was highly respected here locally because of his accomplishments in creating the Amber Alert laws, enhancing mass transit, and revitalizing business in the southern areas of his new district. Pete Sessions is a generic three term Rethug with questionable ethics. He was ticketed for stealing his opponent's campaign signs from yards last election cycle. Martin Frost was on the short list to succeed Gephardt as minority leader in the house after Gephardt announced his run for President in 03.
Considering that Dallas County elected its first ever Hispanic Sheriff, I find this race suspect. Lupe Valdez, a lesbian Hispanic woman beat one of the "Good Ole Boys" to become Sheriff 51-49. Some precincts in Richardson were >85% in turnout. Dallas County almost went to Kerry too. 50.5-49.8 or something really close to that.
P.S. I did early voting on an E-voting machine and it beeped and flashed at me when I picked Kerry-Edwards!! :wtf:
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