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February 25, 2015 Updated Feb 25, 2015 at 5:40 PM EST

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (21ALIVE) --- A Democrat who filed to run for Fort Wayne city clerk gets his name tossed off the May Primary ballot.

It serves as a reminder that you don't go anywhere in local politics if you don't learn to play by the system's rules and regulations.

There are candidates who lose on Election Day, and others who never make it to Election Day.

The latter applies to Brian Thornton, who will not be a choice available to voters in the clerk's race.

Thornton made arguments Wednesday before the Allen County Election Board, seeking to have a challenge to his candidacy thrown out.

But the election board wasn't buying, instead pulling his name from the Democratic ticket in May.

Results from a check of local voting records were presented to the board, and were a big reason why Thornton got tossed.

For Thornton to have qualified to run, he needed to have voted in the Democratic Primary in the last election.

If he didnt meet that standard, he had to demonstrate he was in good standing with the party's leadership.

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A New York state senator Velmanette Montgomery, a black Democrat walked back comments she made about the eating habits of white people versus those of minority races, saying she misspoke and could have been a bit more articulate.

Ms. Montgomery, who represents Clinton Hill, was criticizing the closing of a Brooklyn grocery store to The Brooklyn Paper when she said white people dont eat the way we do. When asked about the comments, and whether they were racist, Ms. Montgomery said she had been unfortunately very inarticulate, the New York Daily Newsreported.

She also said to the newspaper that she really meant to convey an economic point: that groceries in neighborhoods populated by senior-age adults and lower-income families dont need specialty shops like Trader Joes and Whole Foods.

It wasnt meant to be a racial phrase, she said, explaining how she was shocked by $5 tomatoes at Trader Joes, the New York Daily News reported. You cant feed a family in a store like that.

She went on, the newspaper said: There are some communities where Trader Joes is the hottest thing in town but not for this particular community. We need a supermarket that continues to be affordable, that is of sufficient size and variety, that serves the whole community.

The grocery at issue is the Key Food and is reportedly being shuttered to make way for a housing facility that could eventually include a new food shop, the New York Daily News reported.

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WASHINGTON A leading House Republican claimed Thursday that he's been told of a 100-page document showing the Obama administration is preparing contingency plans in case the Supreme Court invalidates federal subsidies that help millions of Americans afford health care coverage.

Rep. Joseph Pitts, R-Pa., provided no details about the paper and did not say if he has actually seen it. At a hearing of a House health subcommittee that he chairs, Pitts said he had received information about it from "a source" in the Health and Human Services Department.

Sylvia Burwell, the Health and Human Services Secretary, told Pitts at the hearing that she was unaware of such a document.

Congressional Republicans have been angered for weeks as administration officials have not directly answered whether they are planning for a possible loss in the court case. Burwell has said the administration believes it will win the case and that no administrative actions could solve the problems that would result should it lose.

Such responses have not helped the GOP-controlled Congress. Should the court nullify the subsidies, many lawmakers will feel pressure to propose a way to help the millions of voters who could suddenly find their health care unaffordable.

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