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Fri Aug 6, 1:10 AM ET By WOODY BAIRD, Associated Press Writer MEMPHIS, Tenn. - An unabashed racist will represent the Republican party in the November election for a congressional seat after a write-in candidate failed to derail his effort. With 86 percent of the primary vote counted Thursday, write-in candidate Dennis Bertrand had just 1,554 votes compared to 7,671, or 83 percent, for James L. Hart, a believer in the discredited, phony science of eugenics. In November, the GOP candidate will oppose Rep. John Tanner (news, bio, voting record), a Democrat who has represented the northwest Tennessee district for...

NASHVILLE - Republican congressional candidate James L. Hart acknowledges that he is an "intellectual outlaw." He is an unapologetic supporter of eugenics, the phony science that resulted in thousands of sterilizations in an attempt to purify the white race. He believes the country will look "like one big Detroit" if it doesn't eliminate welfare and immigration. He says he believes that if blacks were integrated centuries ago, the automobile never would have been invented. He shows up at voters' homes wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a gun and tells them that "white children deserve the same rights as everyone...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Republican write-in candidate was trailing badly Thursday in an attempt to keep an unabashed racist from representing the party in the November election for a congressional seat.With 48 percent of the primary vote counted, write-in candidate Dennis Bertrand had just 416 votes compared to 4,907, or 92 percent, for James L. Hart, a believer in the discredited, phony science of eugenics. The write-in ballots had to be counted by hand, however, and the going was slow. In November, the GOP candidate will oppose Rep. John Tanner, a Democrat who has represented the northwest Tennessee district...

Eugenics Backer Causes Stir in Tenn. Race Tue Aug 3, 1:59 PM ET By AMBER McDOWELL, Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Republican congressional candidate James L. Hart acknowledges that he is an "intellectual outlaw." He is an unapologetic supporter of eugenics, the phony science that resulted in thousands of sterilizations in an attempt to purify the white race. He believes the country will look "like one big Detroit" if it doesn't eliminate welfare and immigration. He believes that if blacks were integrated centuries ago, the automobile never would have been invented. He shows up at voters' homes wearing a...