So they could poll his district about it? I don't know but it sure seems odd.
Do you know who is "in charge" (she says laughing hysterically) of the page program? Is it the clerk of something? Did I read that somewhere tonight? Or did you say it?
An innocent explanation: There are probably no formally-prescribed methods to bring this sort of allegation to the attention of the party's leadership. Therefore, Alexander forwarded the information to someone in the leadership who he had an existing relationship.
A less innocent explanation: Alexander learned about these emails about the time that Foley was making noise about running for the Senate seat and Alexander thought the leadership should know.