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Texas: Candidate Who Thinks Obama was a Prostitute Loses Education Board Primary

HeadlineMay 25, 2016

In Texas, Kevin Ellis has won a Republican primary runoff for a seat on the State Board of Education. The race was closely watched across the country because Ellis’ opponent, Mary Lou Bruner, has touted a rash of right-wing conspiracy theories, including that President Obama was a drug-addicted prostitute, that climate change is a hoax invented by Karl Marx, and that federal pre-kindergarten programs are a ploy to confuse children about their sexuality. Bruner was expected to win, but Ellis defeated her.

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