Foster Claims 'Third Party' Offered $1 Million to Exit Governor's Race
JACKSON — A third party offered to help Mississippi State Rep. Robert Foster, R-Hernando, secure $1 million in fundraising if he would drop out of the race for governor, the GOP candidate claimed in an interview with the Jackson Free Press Thursday.
Foster said he turned the offer down.
"I'm not going to give any names or anything because I can't prove anything because it was all done through a third party, through phone calls and stuff," he said. "But I can confirm it was made."
He said the source of the alleged offer, which was first reported Wednesday by Larrison Campbell in Mississippi Today, made it last month and stipulated that he would receive the financial help if he ran for a different statewide office instead.
Foster announced his run for governor on Tuesday. He will likely face Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves in next year's Republican Party primary, though Reeves has not yet announced a run.
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