they don t always say it right. sometimes they call me alabama. they call me your mama. but it s obama. i was probably one of two baptist pastors to endorse him when he ran against bobby rush. and, you know, the big thing with that was that he wasn t black enough. who are you? you know, a lot of black people, this ivy league person. who s your mama? who s your daddy? what s your background? what s your weird way of talking? what is that weird name you ve got? you re going to come in and challenge our beloved bobby rush? this is viewed as a key leadership post for the african-american community. and i think that what s more important for the constituents of this district is somebody who s accessible, somebody who s energetic, and somebody who s got a vision for the future. i fed hungry children.
who was the sitting congressman in the district. bobby, in 99, had run for mayor of chicago and got badly beaten. and obama sensed an opportunity, felt he could contribute more. state senator barack obama says the biggest issue in the first district race is leadership. this was harold washington s seat. and unfortunately, we have an incumbent who has not lived up to that standard of leadership. i mean, i m thinking that obama and i are buddies. you know, we know each other. we walk down the same walk. we bump to the same tune, all right? and then all of a sudden the guy challenges me, you know, out of the blue. the biggest challenge was getting his name recognition. i maintain that i got great name recognition because i m an activist. i m here.
Unsuccessful Republican congressional candidate Jennifer-Ruth Green recently was included in a statewide public opinion poll seeking feedback on potential U.S. Senate candidates.
Data compiled by the Indiana Election Division show voter turnout at the Nov. 8 election was 41% of the 4.77 million adults registered to vote in the state.
The 1st District has been centered on Northwest Indiana since 1932. Mrvan s 5.6% margin of victory is the fifth-closest result during that period, records show.