(From The Huffington Post) Republican gubernatorial hopeful Meg Whitman is severing ties with an elected official who described himself as a “proud racist.”

The Whitman campaign issued a statement Saturday disavowing Santa Clarita Councilman Bob Kellar. The statement comes one day after state Democrats called on the former eBay chief executive to distance herself from Kellar.

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