Fire 'Smear Tactic' Consultants, Sparks Told

Democrat John Sparks must fire his campaign consulting firm, publicly apologize to Tim Emrich and promise to run a clean general election campaign if he's to have their support, a Senate District 16 group says. The group, "Citizens for Campaign Integrity," aired their displeasure with Sparks in an ad that appeared Sunday in The Norman Transcript. The group, chaired by Mary Maggi of Noble, demands Sparks fire Carrier Marshall & Associates, the Oklahoma City-based politial consulting firm headed by Chebon Marshall and Mike Carrier. The group claims the firm is "infamous for its smear tactics," which it alleges were used against Emrich by Sparks. They cited a "push poll" they say was used to spread rumors about Emrich in one of the "dirtiest local campaigns in recent memory."

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