From numbers provided by the Associated Press, here are the actual vote totals (and rank out of 135) for the six \"Debating Game\" candidates:
8. Gary Coleman 12,683 votes
10. Mary \"Mary Carey\" Cook 10,110 votes
43. Nathan Whitecloud Walton 1,552 votes
62. Trek Thunder Kelly 1,080 votes
108. Bryan Quinn 436 votes
123. Carl A. Mehr 309 votes
That's right, Coleman finished eighth out of 135. (Larry Flynt was seventh behind six serious and/or respectable candidates.) Look at it this way. There are at least ten important, powerful and significant Democratic challengers for the 2004 presidential nomination. At least two of them won't do as well in their campaigns as Gary Coleman did in his.
BTW, California Social Services might want to know that there are at least 10,945 voters with reading comprehension problems. That's how many people voted for the unknown George B. Schwartzman, who finished ninth on what can only be described as name almost-recognition.
