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GOP at odds with senate candidate

Historically speaking, political parties tend to support their winning candidates from a primary election as they move forward to the general.

Not this time, though, according to Senator Ogden Driskill, who is accusing the central committee for the Crook County Republican Party of going against its own bylaws in an effort to tacitly support his write-in opponent.

At this time, the central committee has not officially endorsed anyone for Senate District 1.

Driskill, however, argues that the party’s failure to support his candidacy is de facto support for the campaign on behalf of one of his opp...