Clay Aiken’s Opponent In Close North Carolina Primary Race Suddenly Dies
Keith Crisco, running against Clay Aiken for the Democratic nomination for Congress in North Carolina’s 2nd District, died at age 71 after a fall.
Aiken held a slim lead for the Democratic nomination, with an unofficial tally of 11,649 votes, or 40.8%. Keith Crisco was in second place with 11,277 votes, or 39.5%. In North Carolina, a candidate needs to get more than 40% of the vote to avoid a runoff election.
Clay Aiken, 35, faces an uphill battle in the conservative district that voted for Tea Party-backed Republican incumbent Renee Ellmers 55.9% to 41.4% against her Democratic challenger in 2012. Ellmers criticized Aiken’s move, saying “apparently his performing career isn’t going so well and he’s bored.
D.B. Hirsch is a political activist, news junkie, and retired ad copy writer and spin doctor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Obewon May 12th, 2014 at 9:47 pm
It won’t be long until the paranoids chime in with their GOP smear machine via robo-call push-polls. ‘Do you include yourself among the many Midterm voters who think Clay Aiken is a Murderer too?’-Frank Luntz spin zone.
Tolya So May 12th, 2014 at 9:52 pm
This is going to be funny as hell.
Aiken is going to lose to a dead guy on a sympathy vote!
Shades May 12th, 2014 at 9:56 pm
What’s funny as hell is your inability to read. The primary election was last week. Aiken has a small lead.
arc99 May 12th, 2014 at 10:32 pm
“”“apparently his performing career isn’t going so well and he’s bored.””
that strategy sure worked for Ronald Reagan
sunka May 12th, 2014 at 11:04 pm
Clay will be a great change for North Carolina. Hope he wins.
Budda May 13th, 2014 at 1:06 pm
Aiken has name recognition and Elmers is a teabagger. We can hope, can’t we?