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Cynthia mckinney wins 2006 primaries facing runoff Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.ajc.com/wireless/content/metro/dekalb/stories/0726metfourth.html http://www.ajc.com/wireless/content/metro/dekalb/stories/0726metfourth.html ELECTION '06 McKinney says she'll show up for runoff debates By SONJI JACOBS, MAE GENTRY The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 07/26/06 U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney, who skipped two high-profile televised debates before the July 18 primary, won't miss the opportunity next week to face the challenger who forced her into a runoff being held Aug. 8. Both McKinney and former DeKalb County Commissioner Hank Johnson, who is seeking her 4th Congressional District seat, have confirmed they will appear in a live debate Monday at the Georgia Public Broadcasting studios at 7:30 p.m., according to their campaigns. The debate is sponsored by the Atlanta Press Club. Susan Semeleer, a producer for the cable network's "Road to the White House" show. The two candidates also have verbally agreed to appear for a WSB-TV debate set to air Aug. 5 at 12:30 p.m. McKinney was expected to easily win last week's primary, but Johnson won more votes in north DeKalb, Rockdale and Gwinnett, and made inroads in south DeKalb — typically McKinney's stronghold, according to an analysis of election results by The Atlanta Journal Constitution. Overall, McKinney won 47 percent of the vote, compared with Johnson's 44 percent. A third candidate, Alpharetta businessman John F. Coyne III, received 8.5 percent of the vote. Because no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff is planned. McKinney debated Johnson and Coyne shortly before the primary at an event sponsored by CrossRoads News, a community newspaper that covers south DeKalb. She also faced them at a town hall meeting hosted by State Rep. Stan Watson (D-Decatur) at the New Piney Grove Missionary Baptist Church in south DeKalb. But unlike her challengers, she passed on the Atlanta Press Club and WSB-TV debates, both of which reach a broad audience and are typically top priorities for candidates. McKinney's office sent an e-mail statement saying she had a previously scheduled meeting with her constituents at the time of the first debate, and her schedule called for another constituent meeting during the time alloted for the second debate. 'She'll be there' "That's history," John Evans, McKinney's campaign manager, said Tuesday about her previous no-shows. "She'll be there on the 31st, and at the WSB-TV debate on Aug. 5. She'll be ready, standing tall." Johnson said he is looking forward to the debate. "I am pleased that Ms. McKinney won't be missing in action this time and has finally agreed to discuss her record and her conduct," Johnson said. "Fourth district voters have many questions and deserve a debate." Charles Bullock, a University of Georgia political science professor, said he thought that McKinney may have missed the earlier debates because she and her supporters thought she had the race locked. "When you think you're going to coast to victory, you don't take any time to be seen with your opponent," Bullock said. "Often incumbents don't want to appear with a challenger, but when you've been unsuccessful, you need to come up with a new strategy. She may even sense that some voters were concerned by her unavailability. Obviously that didn't work for her." The Atlanta Press Club invited both candidates to appear at Monday's half-hour debate the day after the Democratic primary. Johnson's campaign responded the next day, and McKinney's responded Monday, said Sarah Douglas, the Press Club's executive director. McKinney participated in the Press Club debate in 2002, when she faced Denise Majette in the Democratic primary, and in 2004, when she defeated five candidates without a runoff. In 2002, she breezed into GPB's Midtown studio about five minutes before the debate started, creating an uproar over the "McKinney for Congress" T-shirts her supporters sported, in violation of the rules. With only seconds to spare before the live TV debate began, organizers quelled the shouting among Majette's supporters by threatening to eject them. "Two years ago, I believe that she did confirm with us in advance," Douglas said. "For the primary this time, we didn't know [if she was coming] and didn't know what to expect. We're just pleased to have a response so we can plan accordingly."

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