On Tuesday, you will have your chance to greatly affect the state Democratic Party's ticket.
Why and how?
Simply, with the run-off election for NC Labor Commissioner on Tuesday, June 24th, and the infinitesmally small turnout we are destined to have, ONE VOTE - your vote - will have much greater weight than it ever would have had before for this office.
In what I personally estimate may be a statewide turnout of only 0.5% (maybe 1% max), Democrats will have their choice between two highly capable and interesting candidates:
John Brooks
Mary Fant Donnan
I encourage you to use the above link to their websites to learn more about them and ... most importantly of all ... remember to go vote on Tuesday, if you haven't already taken advantage of the early vote period.
With such a small voter turnout, a small blip in extra voters here and there in any county will have a tidal wave effect in the ultimate outcome. That is why those few areas where other run-off elections are occurring have become "Ground Zero" for the Labor Commissioner race. Among those areas are Sen. John Kerr's Senate district, Durham County, northeastern NC, Stanly County, Montgomery County, and Yancey County.
Regardless of how little or great the turnout is, on Tuesday night we will know which of our candidates is OUR Democratic nominee. (I also predict that we'll know the Statewide winner within 30 minutes of polls closing.)
And we will know which of our candidates will duly lead the charge in 2008 toward re-claiming the Labor Commissioner post for the working people, the small businesses, and the forward-thinking citizens of our great State.
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Last night we learned that the voter turnout - as predicted by everyone - was paltry indeed. We do have a winner, though! Our Democratic nominee is Mary Fant Donnan. To read more about it, go to our friends at Legion of Dome for this morning's entry at the News & Observer.
Meanwhile, Wayne's World congratulates all of the Democrats who through their hats in to the ring for the 2008 race! In addition to Donnan and John Brooks, there were Robin Anderson and Ty Richardson.
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