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Luke Messer didn’t disclose DUIs when he replaced lawmaker killed by drunk driver
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Apr 19, 2018 09:40am |
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| Category | Scandal |
| Author | Kaitlin Lange and Tony Cook |
| News Date | Thursday, April 19, 2018 12:50:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | In U.S. Senate candidate Luke Messer's first successful run for public office, he had to persuade a caucus of local party insiders that he was the right man to replace state Rep. Roland Stine, a beloved schoolteacher who was killed by a drunken driver less than a month earlier.
That position would launch his political career and eventually land him a spot as a top Republican in Congress.
But Messer had a secret: He himself had two drunken driving convictions.
As he sought the state legislative seat in 2003, Messer decided against sharing that history with local Republican precinct leaders charged with selecting Stine's replacement. Nor did he disclose it to county or district party leaders. In fact, many of those officials didn't know about Messer's DUIs until contacted this week by IndyStar. |
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