Saturday, September 4, 2010
3:51 PM
Larson arrest arises in 7th SD primary race
7th SD candidate Chris Larson's arrest for shoplifting in 2000 became an issue this week as he takes on state Sen. Jeff Plale in the Dem primary.
Larson's arrest occurred when he was a freshman at UW-Milwaukee. But the case doesn't show up on the CCAP database because it was expunged, according to his campaign.
Larson's campaign put out a press release yesterday alleging that a push poll was being conducted in the district.
"In the last twenty-four hours, we have received over a dozen phone calls and e-mails from voters, informing us that they were receiving calls that sounded like polls, but in fact were repackaging old information about a citation for shoplifting that Chris received when he was a teenager," Larson campaign manager Josh Kilroy said.
"These charges came up two and a half years ago and they were vetted then and it seems that they will come up every time Chris Larson stands up for working families. These sleazy Republican attacks often work, but they will not work this time," Kilroy said.
The arrest also came up in 2008, when Larson first ran for Milwaukee County Board.
-- By Greg Bump
Labels: 2010_fall_primary
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