It’s easy to buy votes, especially with incumbency. Throwing millions of dollars against black candidates in a black district is annoying.
Rep. Cohen is white and represents Memphis due to a split primary in his first election. He’s not rich and continues to win bc the black community did try to organize and beat him but they picked crappy candidates. He kept winning and they gave up bc he had the political goodwill from being a local politician previously. Thanedar doesn’t have that. He never earned that seat. He bought it.
Talk to the people who vote for him.
It’s easy to buy votes, especially with incumbency. Throwing millions of dollars against black candidates in a black district is annoying.
Rep. Cohen is white and represents Memphis due to a split primary in his first election. He’s not rich and continues to win bc the black community did try to organize and beat him but they picked crappy candidates. He kept winning and they gave up bc he had the political goodwill from being a local politician previously. Thanedar doesn’t have that. He never earned that seat. He bought it.