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- <title>
- Aug. 20, 1990: American Notes:Georgia
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- Aug. 20, 1990 Showdown
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- NATION, Page 49
- American Notes
- GEORGIA
- Not So Dandy For Ole Andy
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> Former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young wanted to accomplish in
- Georgia what L. Douglas Wilder had in Virginia last year:
- become his state's first black Governor. But Young's dream went
- a-glimmering last week as lieutenant governor Zell Miller
- drubbed him in a runoff for the Democratic nomination, winning
- 62% of the vote.
- </p>
- <p> While some of Young's supporters blamed racism for his
- defeat, most observers gave more credit to Miller's
- single-minded support of a state lottery; Young wanted to put
- the idea to a referendum. Young's critics charged that he had
- started his campaign too late. The crowning irony: Young, who
- first gained fame as an aide to Martin Luther King Jr., did not
- pay enough attention to black voters, losing some to Miller and
- failing to inspire a large black turnout.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
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