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DEL.ICIO.USMcKinney: “The battle is now engaged”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Rep. Cynthia McKinney acknowledged about 12:50 a.m. that she is headed for a runoff election to see if she will represent the 4th District in Congress for a seventh term.
With 98 percent of precincts reporting, McKinney had 46.9 percent of the vote, compared with 44.5 percent for Henry C. “Hank” Johnson Jr., a former DeKalb County commissioner. A third candidate, Alpharetta businessman John F. Coyne III, received 8.6 percent of the vote.
A candidate must receive more than 50 percent of the vote to avoid a runoff.
McKinney was accused of striking a Capitol Hill police officer last March.
She pledged in a speech to fight for her seat.
“The battle is now engaged and we intend to win,” she said. “It is impossible to keep a good woman down.”
She also touted her opposition to the Iraq war and her ability to bring money to the district.
“I don’t mind speaking truth to power and I intend to speak truth to empower,” she said.
The district encompasses most of DeKalb, half of Rockdale County and a sliver of Gwinnett County.
A runoff will be held Aug. 8.
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