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City Commissioner Robert Stuart acknowledged Monday that his campaign was responsible for a phone poll that asked about his opponent's Muslim religion but insisted the poll did not present her faith in a negative light.
"There is so much misinformation and division being spread by my opponent's campaign that it should cause everyone to be concerned," he said in a statement released by his campaign.
Stuart previously wouldn't say if he commissioned the poll, citing a policy against discussing "the internal workings of a campaign." On Monday, he released what he said was the wording of the poll question that asked about Azam's religion.