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[ME] Lawmaker in abuse case won’t say if he’ll quit re-election bid, heads to Australia
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| Last Edited | RBH Jul 09, 2012 02:15am |
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| News Date | Tuesday, June 19, 2012 08:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Alex Cornell du Houx, the state lawmaker from Brunswick who was the subject of a temporary protection from abuse order earlier this spring, told Democratic leaders more than a month ago that he planned to abandon his re-election bid following last week’s primary.
But he took his party by surprise Monday, telling a reporter he hadn’t yet made up his mind about withdrawing and later publicly accusing the party of not supporting one of its own. On Tuesday, Cornell du Houx left for a two-week, State Department-connected trip to Australia.
Cornell du Houx’s plans to withdraw from his race came last month after Democratic Rep. Erin Herbig of Belfast filed a protection from abuse order against him in Belfast District Court. Herbig claimed that Cornell du Houx had stalked, harassed and threatened her after their relationship ended.
Herbig later withdrew the protection order after she and Cornell du Houx reached a private agreement, and Maine State Police ended their investigation into the matter without filing charges or interviewing du Houx. |
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