vote. When Nat Lester saw this figure in Jackson, at the McCarthy headquarters, he knew they were dead. Lynn Swann Jersey Fisk got almost half the votes in the most laid-back county in the district. It soon got much worse. Ron and Doreen were eating pizza at the crowded campaign office in downtown Brookhaven. The Lincoln County votes were being tallied just Lynn Swann Jersey the street, and when the news came that his neighbors had turned out in big numbers and given him 75 percent of the vote, the party began. In Pike County, next door, Fisk received 64 percent. When Sheila lost Hancock County on the Coast, her night was over, as was her career on the supreme court. In one ten-minute span, she then lost Forrest County (Hattiesburg), Jones County (Laurel), and Adams County (Natchez). All precincts were in by 11:00 p.m. Ron Fisk won easily with 53 percent of the vote. Sheila McCarthy received 44 percent, and Clete Coley retained enough admirers to give him the remaining 3 Tramon Williams Jersey percent. It was a solid thrashing, with Fisk losing only Harrison and Stone counties. He even beat McCarthy in Cancer County, though not in the four precincts within the city limits of Bowmore. In the rural areas, though, where the Brotherhood ministers toiled in the fields, Ron Fisk took almost 80 percent of the vote. Mary Grace wept when she saw the final numbers from Cary County: Fisk, 2,238; McCarthy, 1,870; Coley, 55. The only good news was that Judge Thomas Harrison had survived, but barely. The dust settled in the week that followed. In several interviews, Sheila McCarthy presented the face of a graceful loser. She Anquan Boldin Jersey did, however, say, "It will be interesting to see how Dick Butkus Jersey much money Mr. Fisk raised and spent.” Justice Jimmy McElwayne was less gracious. In several articles, he was quoted as saying, "I'm not too keen to serve with a man who paid three million for a Matt Forte Jersey seat on the court.” When the reports were filed, though, three million looked rather cheap. The Fisk campaign reported total receipts of $4.1 million, with a staggering $2.9 million collected in the thirty-one days of October. Ninety-one percent of this money flooded in from out of state. The report did not list any contributions from or expenses paid to such groups as Lawsuit Victims for Truth, Victims Rising, and GUN. Ron Fisk signed the report, as required by law, but had many questions about the financing. He pressed Tony for answers about his fund-raising methods, and
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