Death threats, alleged intimidation cause Democrat to drop Congressional bid

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positively orwellian.  

or dystopian.

many candidates receive intimidation, personal and familial, but cuts to a section of the state's budget as disincentive strikes me as being worthy of a court-ordered investigation, assuming that an independent judiciary branch still exists.  

I wonder if it isn't a fabrication.  The article doesn't mention any attempt to contact the supervisor, or any mention of the supervisor's name.  I hope it's a fabrication.  The alternative seems worse.