Gillespie’s officially taking on Kingston

  Not that it’s a big surprise, but retired Army Lt. Colonel Bill Gillespie is officially announcing he’ll run as a Democrat against District 1 Congressman Jack Kingston, a long-serving Republican who now finds himself in the minority after many years.

Here’s Gillespie:

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Here’s the info on his announcement:

Where: Tybee Island, 1110 Laurel Avenue

When: Oct. 7 at 2:00 p.m.

Kingston typically gets well over 60 percent of the vote in his district, which like a lot of districts was designed to pool as many people of one party together in one place. It is by no means what you would call competitive.

I’m not one that thinks Hillary on the ticket will hurt Democratic officeholders down-ballot in southern states. My take is that the people who hate, hate, hate Hillary have done so for awhile and were never going to vote Democratic anyway.

On the other hand, a Clinton at the top of the Dem ticket — perhaps with Obama as VP — will boost African-American turnout in the south to absolute record levels. I don’t think this will make the difference for Gillespie, because the black population in the First District is not so high, but it’s a factor none of the so-called national experts have touched on yet.

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