IMeya yaseBirmingham uWilliam UBell, owaqokwa okokuqala ngo-2010, bekumele aphinde akhethwe kalula. Inhlolovo eyakhishwa ekuqaleni kuka-Agasti yathola ukuthi amaphesenti angu-57 ezakhamuzi zedolobha lakhe wacabanga ukuthi wenza umsebenzi โomuhleโ noma โomuhleโ.
Kepha inselelo yabantu abaningi u-Randall Woodfin, oneminyaka engu-36 ubudala owayengumongameli webhodi lezemfundo ogunyazwe yiqembu lomkhankaso elisekelwa uBernie Sanders Our Revolution, phezulu Bell emzuliswaneni wokuqala wokuvota ngo-Agasti. NgoLwesibili ebusuku, uWoodfin uqedele umsebenzi ku-runoff, emangalisa i-Alabama futhi wanqoba umjaho wemeya ngokukhululeka - UWoodfin wehlule uBell ngamavoti angama-58%.
"Sithumele imiyalezo ecishe ibe ngu-8,000 kubalandeli futhi sathumela amavolontiya angaphezu kuka-70 emkhankasweni wakhe," kusho uDiane May, umqondisi wezokuxhumana we-Our Revolution, etshela iThe Intercept mayelana nokwesekwa kweqembu kulowo ongenele ukhetho oluholela kowokuqala. nxazonke. Ngaphambi kokuthi kuqale lolu hlelo, bashaye izingcingo ezingaphezu kuka-1,000 futhi bathumela imiyalezo eyi-11,000 kubavoti. USanders ngokwakhe ushayele i-Woodfin ucingo ngama-robocalls.
Umqondisi womkhankaso weWoodfin wokusebenza kwenkundla, isishoshovu uDaniel Deriso, wayengumgqugquzeli alum womkhankaso ka-Sanders ka-2016.
I-Working Families Party, inhlangano kazwelonke ethuthukayo eyasungulwa eNew York kodwa kusukela ngaleso sikhathi yanda ezweni lonke, nayo yabamba iqhaza okhethweni luka-Woodfin. Amavolontiya e-WFP ayikhulu namashumi amabili nanhlanu axhumane nabavoti abangu-22,000 ngombhalo nangocingo, esiza ukuphusha uWoodfin phezulu. โU-Randall Woodfin wangenela umbono wokuthi abantu base-Birmingham banelungelo lokufuna uhulumeni osebenzela bonke abantu bawo ngempela, nokuthi idolobha linganikeza ithuba futhi liphakamise labo abashiywe ngemuva,โ uJoe Dinkin, kuzwelonke. okhulumela i-WFP, esitatimendeni. "UWoodfin uyingxenye yenqwaba yabantu abazongenela ukhetho ezweni lonke abagijima ngemibono enesibindi, eshintshayo, enenqubekela phambili kanye nabawinayo."
Inkundla kaWoodfin, iyodwa, ikude kakhulu nepolitiki yangemva kuka-2016. Ufuna ukwenza ikolishi lomphakathi libe mahhala kubafundi abaphothule ezikoleni zamabanga aphezulu eBirmingham. Ufuna ukwandisa i-pre-K, futhi atshale imali kwezokuthutha zomphakathi nasekuqeqesheni umsebenzi. I-Woodfin-usekela u-Hillary Clinton weDemocrat ku-primary 2016, okwenza iNguquko Yethu isekele okuthile kokupholisa amanxeba.
Ubheke nokukhulisa amaphoyisa akuleli dolobha; I-Birmingham ine- izinga lesikhombisa eliphezulu lokubulala yamadolobha anabantu abangaphezu kuka-100,000. Wayenokuxhumana kwakhe siqu nobugebengu obuphezulu bedolobha: Umshana wakhe wayengu wadutshulwa wabulawa phakathi nomkhankaso. Ubaba womfana, umfowabo omdala kaWoodfin, wabulawa ngokudubula eminyakeni emihlanu ngaphambi kwalokho.
Kodwa umkhankaso kaWoodfin awuzange wenzeke endaweni engenalutho. Ukhetho lwakhe luza ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngemuva kokuthi uJackson, Mississippi - idolobha elikhulu kunawo wonke esifundazweni - ekhethe uChokwe Lumumba Jr., usopolitiki osemncane ofunge ukuthi uzolenza libe "idolobha elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni. "
NgoNovemba, abavoti base-Atlanta bazoya okhethweni ukuze bakhethe imeya elandelayo. Omunye wabangenele ukhetho, owayengusotswebhu weSenate Democratic uVincent Fort - isitha sesikhathi eside se-Wall Street kanye nokusungulwa kweDemocratic yedolobha - futhi isekelwa yi-Our Revolution, kanye nabakwaSanders. Nakuba umjaho wabafundi abangu-12 ongakhethi hlangothi wenza kube nzima ukubikezela imiphumela, umthelela weFort emjahweni ubonakala ekushintsheni kokuziphatha komkhandlu wedolobha - muva nje ivotele ukukhuphula amaholo abasebenzi basedolobheni abe ku-$15 ngehora futhi kukhishwe imali encane yobugebengu. insangu, zombili izimbangela i-Fort yayisebenzele iminyaka.
Uma kwenzeka i-Fort iphumelela, amadolobha amakhulu e-Mississippi, Alabama, nase-Georgia azophathwa izimeya ezisuka endaweni ephikisana nokusungulwa ziye ezinhlotsheni eziqinile - konke phakathi nenkathi yezinyanga eziyisithupha zokhetho.
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