Black Political Zone

As much as the Republicans tried to lure black voters in the 2006 midterm elections, it just didn't happen. Black candidates were run in major races and most of them lost by wide margins. MSNBC reports on the Republican efforts:

Memo to Republican chief Ken Mehlman regarding recruiting black candidates: Try again.

Republicans had hoped to brand 2006 as the year of the black Republican. But with high-profile failures in Maryland’s Senate race and in governor contests in Ohio and Pennsylvania, prospects for GOP gains among black voters turned up short this year and gave scant hope for 2008.

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