With the summer drawing to a close, grassroots organizing is becoming more important for those hopefuls who simply don?t have the cash to be on the airwaves. This is especially true for Kweisi Mfume in the Senate race and Stuart Simms in the attorney general contest. Both men must rest their hopes on turning out the statewide black vote, which is crucial in the Democratic primary, but registered blacks often vote in lower percentages than whites.

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