Former GOP Candidate Indicted for Mail Fraud

The Las Vegas Review-Journal notes this morning that “Henry E. Tyler, 39, made a failed bid last year for the seat that Sen. Bob Coffin, D-Las Vegas, vacated because of term limits.” Now he’s “been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of mail fraud and money laundering at a private school he ran in Milwaukee.”

The story includes this brief Muth’s Truth:

Republican leaders wrote off this contest because Coffin’s district was so heavily Democratic, preferring to funnel their resources to competitive races, said Chuck Muth, conservative political analyst. “The race for Coffin’s seat wasn’t on the Republican radar,” Muth said.

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