Morning Digest: Why candidate drug tests became the No. 1 issue in this GOP runoff
Morning Digest: Why candidate drug tests became the No. 1 issue in this GOP runoff And why Trump could see his third governor endorsee go down in flames this month David Nir and Jeff Singer Aug 21 Mike Mazzei, Republican candidate for Oklahoma governor. (Credit: Mike Mazzei site) Note: The Digest will be taking off on Monday—Jeff Singer is moving, and David Nir is recovering from reconstructive knee surgery. We’ll be back in your inboxes on Tuesday! Leading Off OK-Gov Dueling drug tests have unexpectedly become a high-profile topic in next week’s Republican runoff for Oklahoma’s open governorship, yet another primary where Donald Trump is trying to avoid ending up on the losing side . “I took the longer-window hair drug test. My results are clean,” Attorney General Gentner Drummond tweeted on Monday . He continued by accusing former state Sen. Mike Mazzei, the candidate backed by both Trump and termed-out Gov. Kevin Stitt, of taking “a urine test with a much shorter detection window.”...
