Using qualitative and quantitative methods this article examines the campaigns of two African American candidates in an effort to ascertain what African American office seekers need to do to win high-profile statewide offices; that is, the offices of governor and U.S. Senate. In the process we determine to what degree race played a role in both candidate's defeat.
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