Two black Democratic congressmen ran for governor in the 1990's and both lost badly.
He won by the smallest margin of any Democratic congressman that year.
"We see where the public is," said one liberal Democratic Congressman.
But if there's no Democratic congressman, assemblyman, or mayor ready to become an instant household name, what about everyone else?
The article also reported that a Democratic Congressman had made a copy of the tape available to the newspaper.
He became a Democratic Congressman in 1946 and a senator in 1952.
Owens won the election in a district where portions had not had a Democratic congressman since the 19th century.
He would go on to be a Democratic congressman from Georgia from 1929 to 1945.
Two of his great uncles served as Democratic congressmen from Pennsylvania.
The Republican governor was re-elected, and two Democratic congressmen held their seats.