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An email from a one-time disaster relief colleague of 2nd Congressional District candidate Peter Teahen, charging the Cedar Rapids Republican with misconduct and dishonesty on a relief mission in Darfur, is false and dangerous to his family, the candidate told Iowa Independent. Teahen also alleged that the campaign of one of his rivals in Tuesday’s primary is behind the distribution of the email from British disaster worker David Tredrea. A spokesman for Mariannette Miller-Meeks denies the charge.
“I consider him a threat to my life and to the safety of my family,” Teahen said of Tredrea, who worked with Teahen last year in Darfur. “It is irresponsible of the Miller-Meeks campaign to be distributing this information.” Teahen said that Tredrea had called the third candidate in the race but that “Lee Harder knew better than to touch it.”
“For Mr. Teahen to attempt to claim that our campaign is directing this individual’s actions is completely false,” said Miller-Meeks campaign manager Todd Versteegh, who said Tredrea himself distributed the charges. “But, as we’ve seen so clearly in this campaign, Mr. Teahen is quite capable of promoting his own falsehoods, so this comes as no surprise.”
Democrats have joined the fray, too, charging Teahen with r
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