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Supporters Scuffle At Candidate Forum
By Ovetta Wiggins
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, August 18, 2006; Page B01
The increasingly contentious race between U.S. Rep. Albert R. Wynn and his main Democratic primary challenger, Donna Edwards, led to a police call during a forum Wednesday night when a member of Wynn's team allegedly hit a volunteer for Edwards's campaign.
The fight outside the forum in Largo echoed the verbal pounding that Wynn endured from Edwards, a Prince George's County civic activist who has mounted a lively challenge to the seven-term incumbent congressman.
Several Edwards supporters said they were riding in a caravan to the forum at Prince George's Community College when they noticed a fight.
Pierre Cauthen, an Edwards volunteer, said two Wynn supporters were ripping up Edwards signs when someone from her campaign asked them to stop.
"Words were exchanged," Cauthen said. "And the Wynn supporter hit the Donna Edwards supporter. Then another Wynn supporter jumped on him, too."
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