Plus, just, plain common sense tells you something is fucked up when Biden, who ran his campaign in a basement, received more votes than Obama. Really?
Not sure if you know this, but I ran for Mayor of Muskogee in 2010. The incumbent was a 21 year old college guy. There were four of us running. Myself, Senator Tom Coburn's cousin, who is a great guy, and very well respected in our community, and the young college kid. The kid didn't have any money, never campaigned at all, had maybe a half a dozen signs out. Bob Coburn spend tons. He even did a few commercials. I didn't work it that hard, since it's a non paying job (weak mayor system). Leading up to the election date, I really thought Coburn would probably win, with me second, and the kid behind. The forth person had zero chance in the race. Almost all of the city leaders said there would be a runoff between Coburn and I, since neither one of us was going to get over 50% of the votes, and Coburn would beat me out in the general election. The kid incumbent won so big, there wasn't even a run off. He got well over 50% of the votes. How? No clue. Nobody saw it coming and everyone, including him, were shocked. There was no foul play. There was no stolen election. But plain common sense would tell you that something was fucked up when the kid was in his college dorm studying, never campaigned, and beat us. To this day, I have people saying "how the hell did Tyler beat you and Bob?"
Hammons declared his candidacy for mayor of Muskogee on January 29 and filed for office on February 5.
[10] By the end of the filing date, Hammons was one of six candidates vying to be mayor, including a former Muskogee mayor and a former city councilor. On election night on April 1, Hammons won the popular vote by coming in first place with 42% of the vote. Herschel McBride came in second place with 38% of the vote. The remaining 20% was divided among the four other candidates. With the general election failing to deliver a candidate with an absolute majority, the Muskogee City Charter required Hammons and McBride to face one another in a run-off election to determine who would serve as mayor. Vote tallies showed Hammons carried the east side of Muskogee while McBride carried the west side.
[11] At the May 13 run-off election, Hammons had captured 70% of the vote,
[12] winning the largest popular vote total of any candidate in Muskogee history and the largest margin of victory in
Muskogee County history. The election was the largest shakeup in the city government since 1952.
[13] On May 19, 2008, Hammons was sworn in as 47th (and youngest) Mayor of the City of Muskogee.
At a
press conference held on November 30, 2009, at the
Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame, Hammons announced that he would seek a second term as mayor of Muskogee.
[14] Hammons drew three opponents: local businessman and cousin of sitting US Senator
Tom Coburn Bob Coburn, local travel agent Chris James, and local volunteer Teresa Garris. On election day, April 6, 2010, Hammons handily won reelection to a second two-year term, receiving just over 51% of the vote in the four-way race, defeating his nearest opponent by 20 percentage points.
[15][16] In the election, Hammons carried 17 of the City's 18
voting precincts.