Bid To Overturn Alabama Gay Candidate's Win

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(Birmingham, Alabama) An openly lesbian candidate who won this month's Democratic primary is accused of misleading voters and should have her victory examined according to an appeal filed Monday.

LGBT activist Patricia Todd (pictured) is poised to become the first openly gay member of the Alabama House following her primary win over Gaynell Hendricks. There is no Republican challenger.

Todd won the primary by a slim 59 votes in the House District 54 runoff race in Birmingham.

But Hendricks' mother-in-law says the result should be reviewed.

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Link: http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/07/073106alabama.htm

[electron_blue]

1. misleading voters? Can we use that to get rid of Bush?

[MuseRider]

2. Don't mind me

I am just sitting here slamming my head against the wall. :crazy:

[nickinSTL]

3. misleading voters?

It says she's openly gay, so...what did she mislead them about?

[CottonBear]

4. Is Gaynell Hendricks a man or a woman? Why is the MIL the spokesperson?

:eyes: Is Gaynell Hendricks black or white? (The article mentioned that the district is majority black.)

edit: Here's a link on the race and the MIL. Gaynell seems to be a woman but I don't know anymore about her other than she's trying to play the "family values" (anti-gay) card in a district with a realy big gay population.

[CottonBear]

5. Gaynell Hendricks is a black business woman.

Analysis of the district dynamics and the primary election here:
http://alablawg.wordpress.com/2006/07/28/district-54-again/

http://www.bhamweekly.com/archived/pages/20060720_war%20on%20dumb.php