Challenge showdown on Patricia Todd's victory in Alabama on Tuesday
Sunday, August 13, 2006
Kathy alerted me that on Tuesday morning (at 9:00 in Montgomery) there will be a hearing on Patricia Todd's win in the Democratic runoff for State House District 54.
Todd, who would be the first out lesbian lawmaker in Alabama, bested Gaynell Hendricks by only 59 votes in the election. Hendricks' mother-in-law, Mattie Childress, challenged the results, with overheated charges that Kathy documents well over at her pad in a great long post. A snippet:
Ms. Childress accused the Todd campaign of filing its most recent campaign disclosure forms late (that part’s true and not a big deal legally) to hide a contribution from the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund. I hate to break it to Ms. Childress, but Patricia has been out for years, and the Victory Fund solicited and matched contributions from her supporters (including me). We knew exactly where that money was going.Patricia Todd has filed her response and is ready to fight. You can read that document here.
