Missouri GOP Candidate Arrested in Plot to Plant Cocaine on Rival
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Missouri Republican candidate Thomas Ross was arrested and charged with conspiring to distribute a controlled substance after prosecutors say he tried to frame rival Louise Secker by having cocaine and Adderall planted in her purse or car, coordinating with a former campaign manager and using an FBI-recorded conversation as evidence. The allegations emerged as Ross had just won the 161st district GOP primary by 33 votes; Missouri GOP chair Peter Kinder urged him to withdraw pending the facts in the case.
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