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Chattanooga attorney Chuck Fleischmann, a candidate for the open 3rd Congressional District seat, began airing a television ad this weekend criticizing GOP rival Robin Smith’s management of funds when she was chairwoman of the Tennessee Republican Party.
The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported Friday that some Republicans say the state party had a bank overdraft of $19,090 in unrestricted funds on her last official day at the party in 2009. Her campaign spokesman, Mark Winslow, accused the Fleischmann campaign of spreading a “false allegation.”
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The ad shows black-and-white photographs of Mrs. Smith and calls news of the alleged shortfall “shocking.” It also accuses her of having “a failed record of busting budgets.”