Michelle Nunn Avoids The Grimes Treatment: I Voted For Obama

Georgia Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Michelle Nunn speaks during a debate, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, in Perry, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Georgia candidate for U.S. Senate Michelle Nunn (D) said she voted for President Barack Obama. An admission that will likely keep her from getting the same treatment that Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes

The question first arose when the opposition research group America Rising released a clip of Nunn staying silent while the America Rising tracker asked her who she voted for. That clip was a sort of followup to Grimes declining to say who she voted for — despite being asked multiple times by a Kentucky editorial board. Coverage of the Kentucky Senate race focused on Grimes’ refusal over the next few days.

It seems Nunn didn’t want the same treatment. She said she voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012.

“I did vote for the president. I have said throughout the campaign that we need more people in Washington working with the president — Republican or Democrat — to get things done,” Nunn said according to The Washington Post on Friday. “I pledge to do that on behalf of Georgians.”

The TPM Polltracker average gives Nunn a 2.4 point lead over the rest of the field.

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  1. You know…if Nunn takes Georgia, the GOP can kiss taking the Senate goodbye, they have to hold both Kentucky and Georgia and take the other six major races to win.

    And I’ll drop my jaw if she actually does it!

  2. Avatar for chammy chammy says:

    Way to go Michelle.

  3. Avatar for chammy chammy says:

    Better have someone ready to pick it up!!!

  4. HOW couLD anYOne WHo vOTEd FOR OHbuMMer aDMit they VOted FOr OHBUMMer and NOT just KEEP their MOuths SHUT?

  5. I’ll be so glad to see it happen though. Imagine Georgia going to Nunn…if the Dems hold some of the others, the GOP is really going to be in disarray.

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