Mailer depicts Illinois lawmaker naked, police investigate
SPRINGFIELD — Authorities are investigating who's responsible for a mailer showing an altered picture of a female Illinois state lawmaker that depicts her in the nude.
The image of Republican state Rep. Avery Bourne was sent to people in central Illinois, The State Journal-Register and WTAX radio in Springfield reported. It has a picture of her face added onto an image of a naked woman.
Bourne's Democratic opponent in her re-election bid, Mike Mathis, denounced the mailer, calling it offensive and saying it "goes beyond a late campaign dirty trick."
"It degrades and insults all women and is an insult to Rep. Bourne, our families and our values," he said.
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