Despite drastically low turnout – 17.9% – in this week’s Chattanooga municipal elections, which should have at least helped MAGA mayoral candidate Chris Long, the lying and racist challenger to incumbent Mayor Tim Kelly suffered an embarrassing defeat, garnering just 14% of the vote to Kelly’s 85%.
It seems not even the most ardent MAGA followers were able to make this at least a somewhat close contest. Among Long’s now three mayoral runs, this was perhaps his worst outing.
Given he was the lone conservative candidate and the only challenger to Kelly – his previous two races were crowded fields – Long should have been able to pull somewhat significant support from the city’s right-leaning voters. Clearly, he was incapable of doing this.
The Chattanooga Times recommends that Long take a break from public life. He should go home and take a hard look in the mirror and determine why voters resoundingly rejected his bid to be mayor of Chattanooga.
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