From an elections standpoint, Senator Evers’ strategy for reelection must change dramitically. The population center of his district is probably near UWF or the GE plant. The rural themes of previous campaigns (allowing tractors to drive down roads, farms on yard signs) will not likely win over the election marks on ballots in precincts like Perdido Key or Cordova Park.

Senator Peaden was a medical doctor, and that allowed him to win in urban precincts. Evers will need to convince a much more urbanized electorate that a farm supply store owner will focus on urban issues in order to win. One better known office seeker from These urban areas will, no doubt, put up quite a challenge in the urban precincts. There may not be enough people in rural precincts to overcome the urban votes.