Gubernatorial Candidate Connie Johnson Gets Unexpected Boost From Alabama Senate Election

By Randy Krehbiel Tulsa WorldFormer state Sen. Connie Johnson's gubernatorial campaign was an unexpected — and unlikely — beneficiary of Tuesday's special U.S. Senate election in Alabama. A long-shot candidate to win the 2018 Democratic primary, much less the general election, Johnson was one of five black female candidates to get $10 donations and a social media boost from Jeff Yang, a New York-based writer and marketing expert. Yang asked his Twitter followers for their five favorite "black woman candidates" in honor of the high percentage of black women who voted in the Alabama election. Read the full story from the Tulsa World. Read more on NewsOK.com

 

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