With 86 percent of the primary vote counted Thursday, write-in candidate Dennis Bertrand had just 1,554 votes compared to 7,671, or 83 percent, for James L. Hart, a believer in the discredited, phony science of eugenics.
In November, the GOP candidate will oppose Rep. John Tanner, a Democrat who has represented the northwest Tennessee district for 15 years.
Hart, 60, vows if elected to work toward keeping “less favored races” from reproducing or immigrating to the United States. In campaign literature, Hart contends that “poverty genes” threaten to turn the United States into “one big Detroit.”
Nice.
By the way, if the GOP doesn’t want this guy representing him, and drawing this sort of attention their way, there’s an easy way to deal with it. Go on down to Tennessee, Ed Gillespie, and tell this guy he’s no longer one of yours.
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