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Jamaica Observer

.How the West was lost


I knew I couldn't win - Rowe


By HG Helps Editor-at-Large Special Coverage Unit specialcoverageunit@jamaicaobserver.com


Sunday, March 29, 2009


KENNETH Rowe found out late that defeating Daryl Vaz would be more difficult than sprinting up to the Blue Mountain peak.

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"Rowe, who said he and Vaz did not speak to each other during the campaign, polled 5,633 votes in succumbing to the victor, whose 7,927 votes confirmed him as the popular choice and closed a chapter in Vaz's life that was disrupted by a court ruling that he was ineligible to hold public office because he held citizenship of the United States, as well as a Jamaican passport.

The insignificant 28 polled by independent candidate Astor Black, political analysts said, could be a message to the Rastafarian that he should cease losing his deposit in every election that is up for contest. "