Joshua Levs of member station WABE in Atlanta eports on a hotly contested race in the newly-created 4th district. Incumbent emocrat/African-American Cynthia McKinney won the seat in 1992 when the ongressional district was 60-percent black. As a result of a Supreme Court uling on redistricting last year, there are no longer any majority-black istricts. Now, she and her opponent, moderate Republican John Mitnick, are ying for votes in one of the most diverse districts in the country.
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