It would be a “serious error” for Republican officeholders to support a write-in candidate in the Senate race, the chairwoman of the Alabama Republican Party said in a statement.

Speculation of a write-in campaign mounted following allegations of sexual misconduct against Roy Moore, the GOP candidate.

“It would be a serious error for any current elected GOP official or candidate to publicly endorse another party’s candidate, an independent, a third party or a write in candidate in a general election as well,” Alabama GOP Chairwoman Terry Lathan said. “I have heard of no Alabama GOP elected official or candidate that is even considering this option.”

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The comments, first reported Monday by Alabama Political Reporter, are the first Lathan has made since the Washington Post published a story last week citing four women who claimed Roy Moore made inappropriate sexual advances while they were teenagers and Moore was in his thirties. A fifth accuser came forward Monday and said Moore sexually assaulted her when she was 16.