After losing my race for Atlanta Alderman in 1961 I decided to look for the lowest elective post possible and try to
work my way up from the bottom. In the 1962 Democratic primary I ran for a post on the Fulton County Democratic Committee
and was elected. Very soon thereafter the US Supreme Court ruled that the Georgia Senate must be reapportioned in accordance
with population and a special primary was held in which I came second in a field of nine candidates but in the run off primary
among the two top candidates I won the nomination, then went on to win election from the 37th District in the 1962 General
Election. The 37th District composed essentially the same precincts as the aldermanic post that I had lost the year before.
Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority,
it is time to pause and reflect --- Mark Twain
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