Fake endorsement letter concerns Franklin County Republicans

ELTOPIA — A fake, 21-page endorsement of candidates has the Franklin County Republican Central Committee and the now-defunct Tri-Cities Tea Party concerned over an apparent fraudulent effort to influence the primary election.

More than 50 Republicans and at least four former Tri-Cities Tea Party leaders gathered in a potato shed tonight, July 23, to discuss what to do about the fraudulent letter emailed to an estimated 3,500 area voters in the last week.

With each page using the Tri-Cities Tea Party letterhead, those who gathered in the shed on Glade Road called on all Republican candidates to...