Meanwhile, the mostly Democratic district's voting track record -- while helpful to 2000 Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore, who took the district with 53 percent of the vote -- did not guarantee a Higgins win.
Dunn won 64 percent of the vote in 2000, but Al Gore narrowly carried the district with 49 percent.
What did Brunswick District Attorney Rex Gore determine the cause of death to be two weeks later?
FORBES: Analysis Of 13-Year Mysterious Death Of Cape Fear Police Woman
Since the time that District Attorney Rex Gore made his initial determination, several questions have arisen regarding the cause of death.
FORBES: Analysis Of 13-Year Mysterious Death Of Cape Fear Police Woman
Despite these findings, District Attorney Rex Gore was unwilling to change his initial determination or rule the cause of death as undetermined.
FORBES: Analysis Of 13-Year Mysterious Death Of Cape Fear Police Woman
After District Attorney Rex Gore closed the criminal investigation, the Buff family filed a civil action for the purposes of determining the cause of death.
FORBES: Analysis Of 13-Year Mysterious Death Of Cape Fear Police Woman
To have a shot in Georgia--where Democrats run up big numbers in Atlanta and Republicans rule the suburbs--Gore must carry swing areas such as the 8th District.
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Al Gore, who took 60 percent in the old 8th District, would have received 65 percent in the new district.
The district had a history of leaning Democratic, as 2000 Presidential nominee Al Gore carried it with 49 percent as did Rendell in 2002.
Mr Gore won the Philadelphia suburb of Montgomery County by 30, 000 votes, a district Michael Dukakis had lost by more than 60, 000 in 1988.
In this leafy suburb of Columbus, a swing district in a closely contested state, voters were talking Wednesday about the Gore-Bush debate--and in the mysterious alchemy of public opinion, agreeing that it didn't change many minds either way.
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While the district, which includes Bucks County and small portions of Montgomery County and Philadelphia, had historically been considered a Republican stronghold (Bill Clinton could garner only 39 percent of the vote in 1992), the trend had been more Democratic of late, as Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore took 51 percent of the vote in 2000 and John Kerry was a heavy favorite to win the district.
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