Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe AUSTIN, Texas, July 31 (UPI) -- A 1990 romance novel written by a current candidate for Texas comptroller is a non-issue, her campaign office says, despite what her opponent claims. Republican Susan Combs, the state's agriculture commissioner, wrote "A Perfect Match" when she was between jobs. Her Democratic opponent, Fred Head, has brought the book up in his campaign, calling the steamy tale pornography, the San Antonio Express-News reports. Advertisement "Would you vote for a candidate who wrote a trashy, pornographic romance novel that glorifies premarital sex and seeks to arouse sexual interest as your State Comptroller of Public Accounts?" Head asks in a campaign flier. The out-of-print novel tells the story of Emily Brown, a cryptanalyst for the National Security Agency, who finds passionate love in super-spy Ross Harding. "It's a non-issue," Combs spokesman Reggie Bashur told the Express-News. For his part, Head -- whose war chest is zero compared with Combs' $3.4 million -- says the "right-wing bunch that has supported her all these years, when they learn about this book, they're not going to be able to hold their noses tight enough to vote for her."
