Former Mother-In-Law Doesn’t Want Grandkids Used As Campaign Props

By Kleinheider Posted on October 1, 2008 at 5:31 pm

Democratic state Senate candidate Randy Camp is once again at the center of some in-law drama.

It appears that Camp’s former brother-in-law, who has been sending letters to citizens of the 26th District documenting his disgust over the treatment of his sister during her 20-plus year marriage to Mr. Camp, is not alone among members of his family in having a fondness for committing his thoughts to paper.

Post Politics has learned that Nancy Roland, the mother of Camp’s former wife Lisa, has also written a letter. In the missive, which was sent to an estimated “hundreds” around the district, Roland echoes her son’s accounts of the mistreatment of her daughter as well as Camp’s many admitted adulteries.

But she also adds a new charge.

In the letter, Ms. Roland asserts that she asked Mr. Camp to refrain from using his daughters and grandchild, her granddaughters and great grandson, in political ads.

“Because of all Lisa had been through, I wrote and begged him not to use the children and our great grandson in his politics. He has ignored my request,” Roland states in the letter.

The daughters, Catherine and Leigh Camp, however, have been on the campaign trail and were featured in at least one political advertisement along with pictures of Catherine’s young son, Brayden.

Camp’s ex-wife, Lisa, confirmed that she was aware of the letter and while she did not solicit or instigate it’s writing, she does vouch for it’s content.

On the subject of Catherine and Leigh’s campaign activities, Lisa Roland tells Post Politics that while she has never asked her daughters explicitly to refrain from the practice (and never would), she has expressed her feelings on the matter.

“They know I’m not fond of it,” explains Ms. Camp. “But, he’s their Dad. I want to them to have a relationship with him. I would never stand in the way of that.”

Nancy Roland also confirmed that she did author the letter because of “everything my daughter has been through.”

When asked whether she had been helped with the letter or its distribution by Republican operatives or political opponents of Camp, Roland responded, “Oh no, I am not really a political person. I’m a political independent. I vote for the best person for the job.”

Roland added that Mr. Camp has, to date, neither answered nor acknowledged her letter imploring him not to use her grandchildren in his political campaign.

Requests for comment to Randy Camp were referred to Senate Democratic Caucus Political Director Mark Brown who issued the following statement.

“Randy’s grown daughters love their father and support his campaign because they understand the importance of this election to their futures and the future of District 26. They agree with their father about the importance of bringing good-paying jobs to the district and improving access to health care. Obviously, Gresham and her surrogates desperately want to change the subject from the fact that Gresham’s top legislative accomplishment has been to raise her own pay.”

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