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Progressive Majority was helping Lehman in his race against McReynolds. The memo also revealed that the state's largest teacher's union, WEAC, had set aside money to assist in individual races but "will never be at the same table as SSDC and efforts will not be coordinated between the two groups." The discovery of the memo raised questions about whether Democrats were using state resources for campaign work since it was discovered in the Capitol.
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