Document: Democratic candidate was Republican in California
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – More questions are being raised about the party loyalties of Howard Sherman, running as a Democrat for Republican Roger Wicker’s Mississippi U.S. Senate seat.
Jackson lawyer Sam Begley on Tuesday provided The Associated Press with a California voter registration document showing Sherman registered as a Republican there for 16 years and voted in 2012 and 2016 Republican presidential primaries.
Begley, who supports state Rep. David Baria’s candidacy, says the document is more proof Sherman isn’t a true Democrat. Begley last week petitioned the Mississippi Democratic Party to disqualify Sherman because Sherman donated $5,000 to Wicker last year. That petition was denied.
Sherman campaign manager Giles Perkins says Sherman registered as a Republican because the California Democratic Party wasn’t a good ideological fit. Perkins says Sherman fits well with Mississippi Democrats.
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