GOP candidate sought Russian help to unseat gay opponent

H. Russell Taub and Rep. David Cicilline (Photos: Attributions on images via Advocate)

Onetime Republican congressional candidate H. Russell Taub illegally sought help from Russian authorities during this failed attempt to unseat gay Democratic U.S. Rep. David Cicilline of Rhode Island in 2016, according to the Federal Election Commission.

Taub, 33, has been imprisoned after…