White republican pretends to be black, wins black district

[Galt]

http://houston.cbslocal.com/2013/11/10/white-republican-wins-election-after-leading-voters-to-believe-hes-black/

A white republican was running in a predominantely black district that apparently only voted in black politicians.

So what does he do? He pretends to be black.

He sent out flyers with lots of black faces that he randomly pulled from the Internet and got an endorsement from a black guy. It looked like he was black from all of his advertising.

He won by a narrow margin.

[Virtue]

Why do I not find this surprising.