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Midland City Mayor Patsy Capshaw Skipper said she hasn’t been able to use her Facebook account for several weeks and did not post a racially charged comment about the woman who won Tuesday night’s mayoral election.

A screenshot of Skipper’s Facebook page, which was not viewable by those not on her friend’s list, showed a short exchange from Skipper’s account and another person. When asked about the results of the election, the reply on Skipper’s Facebook account included the racially charged comment.

“My Facebook has been messed up for several weeks and I haven’t been using it,” Skipper said when contacted Wednesday night by the Dothan Eagle. “I think I’ve been hacked.”

Skipper said she just underwent heart surgery and couldn’t even get out and campaign for the election.

“And that, my Facebook, has been the least of my worries,” she said.

The posting in question was no longer on Skipper’s Facebook page as of Thursday morning, but the screenshot was reposted numerous times on social media.

Skipper finished second in a three-way race for mayor. In unofficial results, JoAnn Bennett Grimsley won with 233 votes, Skipper received 148 votes and Lamar Spence received 59 votes.