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Voting
support black candidates. What you saw, instead,
were sharp splits within the black community
leadership which sent mixed signals to its
constituents.
For example, while most black ministers claimed
they supported Vernon Robinson for state senate,
some, like one well-known minister, kept pushing
for Democrat incumbents, Marvin Ward and Ted
Kaplan because he said, "we owe them." What was
"owed" these two legislators is still a matter of
speculation. But they definitely benefited from
the straight party voting in the four pre-dominantly
black wards. With Robinson winning in the County
precincts, the staggering vote for Ward and Kaplan
in the black wards proved the deciding edge,
particularly for Kaplan who was recently tapped as
senate majority leader.
In the commissioner's race, newcomer (and
former Republican) Gerald Long benefitted from
the support of several black politicians and leaders
who circulated a number of confusing ballots that
pushed Long and Ziglar along with Woodruff.
Long beat Woodruff in the city by almost 2,000
votes but swamped her in the County precincts by
over 6,000 votes. More single shooting for
Woodruff in the black precincts would have given
her a better chance of knocking off Forest Conrad,
the third highest vote-getter in the Commissioners'
race.
Mrs. Jones both benefitted and suffered from
her support from Democrat Party leaders like
chairman Mike Wells. Wells told a group of
Democratic candidates, just before election day.
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