nbc13.com - Decision 2002 - Davis Defeats Hilliard In Runoff

I was sick last night and went straight to bed, and couldn't keep up with this. But this is great. I was hoping Davis would be able to pull it out, but never expected him to blow Hilliard out. But that's what he did. Maybe it was simply the oddity of a runoff election with no gubernatorial contest, where whoever got their supporters to the polls was going to win. But I choose to believe that Hilliard's Jewbaiting and other negative tactics backfired.

During the campaign, Davis laughed off allegations by the Hilliard camp that he was a closet Republican who would switch parties once he was elected.

That is fairly laughable, though to Hilliard Davis may look like a Republican. Davis (as this story points out) interned for Howell Heflin and worked at the Southern Poverty Law Center. That's a couple of very strong Democratic ties.