he made the same demand of gamrat. and adding teeth to the threat, the texter is referencing their private phone calls and inside details of their trips. it's as if they knew your every move. >> they did know every move. they knew my e-mails out of my outbox even after i changed my password. they knew texts from my phone. >> reporter: the texter is someone close. someone with the means and the will to destroy him. edge. >> there was just a lot of stress. >> reporter: obviously, this was driving you to a breaking point. >> i would say that you couldn't have been in a lower spot. >> todd is usually very chipper and, and sarcastic and fun, but there would be times where he would take things out on us with a great deal of anger. it was tough. it was very tough. >> reporter: and it's about to get a lot tougher as representative courser concocts a truly twisted plan to make his problems go away. >> he said, "ben, i need you to destroy me." and i paused for a second and i said, "todd, what do you mean?" >> reporter: stay with

gamrat did come out to speak with us, but he wouldn't go on this whole thing behind him. >> joe gamrat is still the mystery man. if there's a cliffhanger in this story, it's joe gamrat. >> reporter: when we return, their political careers are over, and now maybe their marriages are too. >> it's hard cause it's cold ouou >> reporter: why is cindy gamrat sleeping in a parking lot? i don't want to live with the uncertainties of hep c. or wonder whether i should seek treatment. i am ready. because today there's harvoni. a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cure up to 99% of patients who've had no prior treatment. one pill, once a day for 12 weeks. can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. with harvoni, there's no interferon and there are no complex regimens. tell your doctor if you have other liver or kidney problems, hiv, or other medical conditions, and about all the medicines you take includingngerbal supplements. taking amiodarone with harvoni may cause a serious slowing of your heart rate. common side effects of harvoni may i

a person very close to gamrat's family. believe it or not, her own husband, joe. >> i was devastated to see the police report. i remember reading the report and, and just shaking and not wanting to believe what i was reading. >> reporter: according to the report, an accomplice at the plant bought the phone "with money provided by joe gamrat" and gamrat "would tell him what to text." apparently, they were also assigning the misleading names gamrat has denied the named as a suspect the prosecutor declined to press charges. >> reporter: did you feel vindicated? >> reporter: you felt like, see, i told you so, i wasn't the texter. >> right, yeah, obviously. i was telling the truth. show that gamrat exchanged dozens of texts and calls with graham and allard. the aides say that was nothing joe gamrat would call at all times inquiring about cindy's whereabouts. what was unusual was what gamrat did with that information. for instance, last february, joe gamrat followed his wife to the now infamous radisson hotel in downtown lansing

what was unusual was what gamrat did with that information. for instance, last february, joe gamrat followed his wife to the now infamous radisson hotel in downtown lansing and called allard to tell him what he

what was unusual was what gamrat did with that information.

what was unusual was what gamrat did with that information. for instance, last february, joe gamrmr followed his wife t t the now infamous radisson hotel in downtown lansing and called allard to tell him what he discovered. and in that phone call he said cindy's husband joe actually s s

what was unusual was what gamrat did with that information. for instance, last february, joe gamrat followed his wife to the now infamous radisson hotel in downtown lansing and called allard to tell him what he discovered. and in that phone call he said cindy's husband joe actually saw cindy leaving one of these hotel rooms, todd courser's hotel room, early in the morning. >> he went back to his car,

. >> reporter: according to the plant bought the phone "with money provided by joe gamrat" and gamrat "would tell him what to text." apparently, they were also assigning the misleading names to the account to throw them off the scent. gamrat has denied the allegations and although he was named as a suspect the prosecutor declined to press charges. >> reporter: did you feel vindicated?

>> reporter: but as the results >> todd courser and cindy gamrat will not be going back to

. >> reporter: courser and gamrat say they are still the most conservative candidates running. to make their own decision.

you want the pizza or do >> reporter: but as the results trickle in -- >> todd courser and cindy gamrat will not be going back to lansing. >> reporter: it's clear that the electorate's love affair with the two tea partiers is kaput. cindy gets just 9% of the vote. >> what was going through your mind as you were getting the results?

. >> reporter: courser and gamrat say they are still the most conservative candidates running. >> now, the votots will be able to make their own decision. >> reporter: and now they just want to make laws, not love. november 3rd, election d d, judgment day, and "20/20" is

. >> reporter: plenty of other candidates are vying for the seats too, but gamrat and courser have something the competition lacks. >> i have the highest name id, i think, of anybody that's ever run for state house.

the police report revealed that even as joe gamrat was standing beside his wife in public, in private, he'd become obsessed with tracking her. spying on cindy for months and planting surveillance devices in her bag and car. remember those photos of courser giving cindy a foot rub in a lansing parking lot?

. >> reporter: courser and gamrat say they are still the most

a person very close to gamrat's family. believe it or not, her own