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F0R INNEBIATE RELEASE: Contact: Allen Blakemoie
Fiiuay, Nay 2S, 2u14 71S-S26-SS99

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B00ST0N - Ban Patiick, Texas State Senatoi anu authentic conseivative canuiuate
foi Lieutenant uoveinoi, mobilizeu his giassioots aimy last night to piouuce an
auuiotape of a Baviu Bewhuist push poll. 0utiageu Patiick suppoiteis iesponueu
immeuiately.

"Last night, the Campaign was notifieu that a paiticulaily offensive push poll was
being bioaucast to voteis all acioss Texas," saiu Allen Blakemoie, Patiick Campaign
Senioi Stiategist. "We posteu to social meuia that we weie offeiing a $1,uuu iewaiu
to the fiist peison to uelivei a usable auuio iecoiuing of the call.

"Theie was a winnei last night who is being sent a check via oveinight mail. But the
voteis of Texas weie the loseis. Baviu Bewhuist has iobbeu us of any uecency in
this campaign.

"In less than an houi we hau a floou of copies of the push poll anu an avalanche of
calls, emails, anu social meuia postings fiom angiy Texans, outiageu at the
Bewhuist Campaign's latest uiity tiick.

"In Senatoi Patiick's statement to the meuia last night, he saiu he woulu ielease a
copy of the sciipt. Aftei listening to the iecoiuings, he has ueciueu against it. It's
too uisgusting to iepeat. Baviu Bewhuist has ciosseu eveiy bounuaiy of uecency in
this campaign. Bis appalling behavioi is beyonu belief.

"The calls uiiectly mentioneu Patiick's leakeu meuical iecoius, anu the litany of
othei claims pieviously maue by the Bewhuist Campaign.

"The automateu push poll listeu a seiies of salacious statements followeu by 'uoes
knowing these facts make you less likely to vote foi Ban Patiick.' The call incluueu
a fake uisclaimei, citing the name of an oiganization that is not iegisteieu with the
Texas Ethics Commission, anu a mismatcheu callei-IB anu uisclaimei phone
numbei.

-moie-

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"Baviu Bewhuist shoulu halt his hoiienuous conuuct anu apologize to the voteis of
Texas anu to Ban Patiick."

The Ameiican Association foi Public 0pinion Reseaich uefines a "push poll" as a
foim of negative campaigning that is uisguiseu as a political poll. "Push polls" aie
actually political telemaiketing - telephone calls uisguiseu as ieseaich that aim to
peisuaue laige numbeis of voteis anu affect election outcomes, iathei than measuie
opinions. http:bit.lySiZqeX

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