GOP candidate in Phoenix House race calls story on racy texts 'tabloid trash'

PHOENIX — A Christian minister seeking the congressional seat of a disgraced Arizona congressman is labeling reports that he traded suggestive texts with a female staffer, who included a topless photo of herself in one of the exchanges, as “tabloid trash.”

But former state Sen. Steve Montenegro didn’t deny that he received the messages.

Meanwhile, one of the other Republican front-runners in the race to replace former Rep. Trent Franks, former state Sen. Debbie Lesko, is under fire for transferring $50,000 from her old state campaign fund to an independent group backing her congressional election bid.

Source : tucson