Chris Healy was re-elected Tuesday night as Republican state chairman, two weeks after informing the GOP's state central committee he was an alcoholic and had been convicted of drunken driving / DUI / DWI for the second time in five years.

Healy, 49, who has followed a program of counseling and support for years, was elected without opposition to a two-year term by committee members willing to view Healy's recent conviction as a lapse by a colleague struggling with a disease.

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