Man who helped Green Party worked for Perry
A member of Gov. Rick Perry's re-election campaign staff helped get the Green Party on the Texas ballot, according to a
report Wednesday in the Dallas Morning News.
Stuart Moss was being paid for mileage by the Perry campaign while he was doing political research in November, the Morning News reported, citing Perry campaign finance reports. That's the same time he helped the Green Party field candidates.
Democrats say liberal Green Party candidates could help Perry by siphoning votes away from Democrat Bill White. The Texas Democratic Party has sued the Green Party to identify the source of $532,000 that bankrolled the petition drive that made it possible for the third party to get candidates on the November ballot.
Perry spokesman Mark Miner said the governor's campaign was not involved in the Green Party petition drive.
Copyright 2010 Associated Press, All rights reserved.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.