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Tuesday, October 29, 2002

Siegelman appears at school, loses mock election

A week before the real election, Gov. Don Siegelman showed up Tuesday for the student mock election at Verbena High School - and lost.

The students' votes: Republican Bob Riley 115, Democrat Don Siegelman 108, and Libertarian John Sophocleus 14.

Many high schools hold mock elections, but Verbena's voting took on an extra dimension when Siegelman decided to make a personal appearance Tuesday and the Riley campaign responded by getting its supporters and campaign signs to the central Alabama school.

After the votes were tallied, Riley campaign spokesman Pepper Bryars said, "It's the funniest thing that has happened in this campaign."

Siegelman campaign spokesman Rip Andrews said the results were not a surprise in Republican-leaning Chilton County and that Siegelman did better at Verbena High School than he did in Chilton County in the 1998 election.

"We expect the outcome next Tuesday to be close, but with a different victor," he said.[...]

Yeah, whatever. All I know is that it's a good thing he didn't show up at Hewitt-Trussville Elementary. I got home this evening and Middle Girl and Boy both told me about the mock election they held today, in which Bob Riley got around 900 votes and Don Siegelman got around 200 votes.

posted by Terry at 9:16:00 PM

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