“I don’t think it’s going to change much for the elections. But it is the candidates’ responsibility to comply with the law,” Walker said.

Love’s and August’s removals leave one Republican candidate in each of those races.

The four other removed candidates had filed as Democrats: Harry Pennington for Senate District 32, Laura Springer for House District 63, Roxanne Brothers for House District 7 and Steve Gray for House District 55.

Democratic Party officials said two of the removed candidates, Pennington and Springer, were conservatives who filed as Democrats in an effort disrupt June’s primary elections.

“It’s a good thing when voters have a clear choice between Republicans running as Republicans and Democrats running as Democrats,” said Lauren Caldwell, the party’s legislative campaign committee chairwoman.

Springer said Wednesday she had planned to drop out because her father died and she was in Texas seeing to his estate. She previously said she was “between homes” and living in a motel, while Pennington was homeless and unable to afford a phone.

Brothers and Gray decided not to run when they learned other Democratic candidates were already in those races, Caldwell said.

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