Attorney Notes Page 37
Working File
January 1, 1983

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Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Working Files - Guinier. Attorney Notes Page 37, 1983. a7fa514e-e092-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/f52f95a7-21c9-4bce-99b1-e4553f7a9874/attorney-notes-page-37. Accessed April 06, 2025.
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37 community because they were afraid of the consequences of this litigation. Houser Dep. at 49. In HD Mecklenburg County, in 1gg2, there were only 7 white Democratic candidates for g seatsr so at least one black candidate had to win. px 11, App. 3. fn addition, in Mecklenburg, as in Forsyth, white and Republican turnout was low in 1982r making it unlikely that 1gg2 would repeat itself . T. 94, 144. Even in 1982, the black candidates who lost election bids for the House and Senate h'ere the only Democrats to be defeated in the election for the General Assembly. px 14(d), px 13(o). fn Durham County, in 1ggZ, the only whi te candidates lrere two democrats and one independent. Therefore a black had to wi n i n the primaryr dDd the general election was essentially uncontested.