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Cornell du Houx: I didn’t announce withdrawal from House race because I didn’t want to violate agreement
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| Last Edited | RBH Jul 09, 2012 02:18am |
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| News Date | Sunday, July 8, 2012 08:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Embattled Rep. Alexander Cornell du Houx probably surprised some of his Brunswick constituents in late June when he withdrew from the House District 66 race after weeks of insisting he wouldn’t.
Then on Friday, when the Bangor Daily News published details of a secret agreement struck between Cornell du Houx and fellow lawmaker Rep. Erin Herbig, D-Belfast, who at one point sought a protection from abuse order against him, Cornell du Houx resolved to “set the record straight.”
The agreement called for Cornell du Houx, among other things, to withdraw from the race by July 1, which was at odds with his repeated public statements until June 29 that he would do no such thing.
Cornell du Houx, who says he was engaged to Herbig until the romance ended messily earlier this year, said the reason he wouldn’t admit he was withdrawing was because doing so would have violated a stipulation in the agreement that neither he nor Herbig talk publicly about its terms. Furthermore, Cornell du Houx said that for a period of time he considered violating the agreement and continuing his run to regain his seat on the grounds that if necessary he could refute Herbig’s claims against him. |
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