A Republican candidate who filed for U.S. Representative in Indiana’s First District with the Nazi salute in his ballot name was removed from the ballot late last month when he didn’t show up to a hearing challenging his candidacy. Richard Benedict Mayers, who has a history of failed campaigns on a white supremacist platform, filed as a Republican candidate for the First District and listed his ballot name as Richard Benedict (Sieg Heil) Mayers, according to election records. Lake County Republican Party Chairman Randy Niemeyer attended the Indiana Election Commission meeting Feb. 25, papers in hand, to present his challenge...
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