Leader of GOP group quits rather than vote for party's candidate
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Hillary Shepheard, the chair of the Young Republicans in Tarrant County, Texas, resigned after being quoted in The Atlantic about her plans for the general election. Shepheard made clear in that article that she will leave her ballot card blank rather than vote for scandal-plagued Republican Ken Paxton for the Senate, and will also vote for Democrat James Rosenthal over Republican Bo French in the Railroad Commission race after French called for former President Barack Obama to be lynched and made racist comments against Indian-Americans at the University of Texas. In the letter to the Board…
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Leader of GOP group quits rather than vote for party's candidate
Hillary Shepheard, the chair of the Young Republicans in Tarrant County, Texas, resigned after being quoted in The Atlantic about her plans for the general election. Shepheard made clear in that article that she will leave her ballot card blank rather than vote for...
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