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Democrat Farouk Shami denies paying rival Hank Gilbert to quit Texas governor race
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| Contributor | DFWDem |
| Last Edited | DFWDem Jan 20, 2010 09:35am |
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| Category | General |
| Author | Jessica Meyers |
| Media | Newspaper - Dallas Morning News |
| News Date | Wednesday, January 20, 2010 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Two top Democratic candidates for statewide office strongly denied Tuesday that a contribution of $150,000 was part of an arrangement for one to drop out of the race for governor.
Houston businessman Farouk Shami contributed $100,000 to the campaign of Hank Gilbert three days after Shami jumped into the race for governor and Gilbert switched to the race for agriculture commissioner. The additional $50,000 arrived Dec. 31.
Kinky Friedman, Gilbert's opponent for the Democratic nomination for agriculture commissioner, seized on the contribution.
"Gilbert was trashing Farouk one day and then cozying up to him the next, and this accounts for it," Friedman said. "Farouk is an old friend, but he knows better than to offer it to me. I am somebody who can't be bought." |
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