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Candidate Drops Out of N.C. Council Race
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| Contributor | Joshua L. |
| Last Edited | Joshua L. Aug 05, 2005 07:30pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Aug 05, 2005 07:00pm |
| Description | A city council candidate dropped out of the race Friday after it was disclosed that he posted comments to a white supremacist Internet bulletin board more than 4,000 times.
Doug Hanks said the postings were fictional and designed to win white supremacists' trust as he researched a novel he was writing. He said the book was also meant to appeal to white supremacists.
"I needed information for the book and some other writings I was doing," Hanks told The Associated Press on Friday. "I did what I thought I needed to do to establish myself as a credible white nationalist."
Hanks had filed papers seeking the Republican nomination for one of four at-large council seats, but formally withdrew Friday, said county elections director Michael Dickerson. |
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