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Jury Convicts Ex-US Senate Hopeful Of Violating Election Law

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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota jury has convicted former U.S. Senate candidate Annette Bosworth of election law violations.

Jurors issued their verdict against the 43-year-old physician Wednesday. Bosworth was charged with six counts each of perjury and filing false documents stemming from the mishandling of her candidate petitions.

Bosworth has acknowledged she was out of the country on a medical mission trip during dates she attested that she’d witnessed people signing her candidate petitions. She said her political consultant and attorney misled her with bad advice.

The attorney, Joel Arends, denied the allegation during the trial, which began last week.

Bosworth drew just 6 percent of the vote in a five-way Republican primary last year won by former Gov. Mike Rounds.

Convictions could jeopardize Bosworth’s medical license.

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