Bill Clinton rallies support for Jim Martin

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Bill Clinton rallies support for Jim Martin

Photos of former President Bill Clinton in Atlanta, campaigning for U.S. Senate candidate Jim Martin. Images of Bill Clinton in Atlanta.

Former President Bill Clinton came to Clark Atlanta University on Wednesday to rally support for U.S. Senate candidate Jim Martin.

Martin (left) faces incumbent Republican Saxby Chambliss in a Dec. 2 runoff. Clinton told the crowd that the "person who wins this election will be the one whose supporters want it the most."

Chelsea Fountain, a junior at Clark Atlanta University, was part of the crowd of almost 3,000 people who braved the cold. "This is my first time voting, and I am excited about the election," Fountain said.

Jim Martin supporters, including Victor Villatoro, Jackie Frankovich and Deborah Cross (from left), wait for the start of the rally. "It's important for us to reach 60," Cross said. Democrats are getting closer to holding 60 votes in the U.S. Senate, enough to end filibusters.

"You have left us a great legacy," Martin told Clinton.

Lauren Green (center) waits with her Clinton memoir. "I'm here to support Jim Martin and hopefully see Bill Clinton," Green said.

Martin told Clinton, "You gave us an economy that worked for the middle class, a government that put families before big business and a nation that was building a brighter future for our children."

The rally had originally been scheduled for a campus gym. Demand for tickets grew to such a degree that the event was moved to the central campus quad.

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Former President Bill Clinton came to Clark Atlanta University on Wednesday to rally support for U.S. Senate candidate Jim Martin.

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