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  Scheme to confuse voters in [Houston] mayor's race is thwarted
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Last EditedDFWDem  Oct 13, 2003 03:39pm
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News DateMonday, October 13, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionBy JOHN WILLIAMS
Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle Political Writer

An aborted scheme to dilute support for a major candidate by putting another man with the same name on the Nov. 4 ballot has touched two campaigns and is roiling the rhetoric in Houston's mayoral race.

It is a bizarre tale that includes a Democratic U.S. congressman, a secret tape recording, a $5,000 campaign check and a floppy straw hat sold for $1,200.

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