當地政治 | 1%選票的挑戰
前年 Brad Raffensperger 選佐州 house representative，當時5人初選，Brad 以1%也就是26票的差距居第二位，經過華人一個月的努力及幫忙，終於贏了最後選舉。
記得開票當天早上，和肖宇通了電話，才知道連市長都支持對方。我回說，還好我不住那，否則嚇也嚇死，早打退堂鼓了。一想要是贏了，那對華人而言，豈不特別有意義及令人興奮，瞬間激起了鬥志，於是我每小時和 Brad 報華人投票數，最後 Brad 贏得了勝利，贏的票數和我們報的數非常接近，明顯華人的票起了致勝的關鍵作用。
這次第六區聯邦議員 Tom Price 入閣，有18位候選人參選，候補他的位子，民主黨一位 Ossoff 43%遙遙領先，其餘是共和党參選人。其中最值得關注的是 Karen Handel 和 Bob Gray 民調分別是15%及14%，這1%的差距，使得原本華人在國會選舉中原本不足輕重，忽然變得舉足輕重，甚至能讓 Bob Gray 有機會進入複選 Runoff 的可能性。
我認識 Bob Gray 有將近二年了，當初 Brad 選舉也是 Bob 的建議，經過今年十一月要選 Duluth 市議員曾超漢 Louis Tseng，找到咱們華人的。後來北堂停車埸 re-zoning ，五位市議員，Bob 是唯一積極表示願意支持，並給建議，使得拖了十年的案子，終於通過。此外這一年 Bob 也積極拜會中文學校，華人教會，新年春宴及園遊會，甚至魚協年會。可見他對華人的重視。
如果華人這次選舉初選，分別投了前二名，即使贏了，當選人也不一定認為華人票有何重要性。但如果咱們讓前二名都是華人認識的人，那麼將來僑界出了事，咱們有人可幫忙解決。
所以我請大家投給亞城華人的好朋友 Bob Gray, 讓他越過1%的差距，進第二輪決選，到時大家可繼續支持 Bob Gray 或投 Jon Ossoff 皆可，那以後咱們華人的票，不但 Bob 會特別感激，其他候選人也都會重視和拜票了。
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