McKinney blames blacks for defeat

ATLANTA - State Representative Billy McKinney says blacks failed to turn out for him in the Democratic runoff. <br> <br> The 75-year-old McKinney said following his defeat Tuesday night that he did not expect to lose to political unknown, 31-year-old John Noel. He says he counted on black constituents to turn out and vote for him but that they did not. <br> <br> McKinney tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, ``They wanted a Klansman, a son of the Confederacy.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> He referred to Noel&#39;s membership in Sons of the Confederate Veterans.

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