Kelly Timilty

Governor's Councilor Kelly Timilty apologized to Gov. Deval Patrick for using a forged endorsement in a campaign mailing Wednesday, the Boston Globe reports.

Timilty's camp also maintained, however, that it believed it had Patrick's endorsement.

PolitickerMA.com reported Tuesday afternoon that Timilty, a Dedham Democrat, distributed a mailing that featured an endorsement from Patrick (D-Milton) that was phony.

Larry Rasky, the veteran Boston political operative, told the Globe that the campaign made a mistake in the rush up to the election.

"Campaigns move quickly and think like that happen," Rasky, who is representing Timilty, said. "It was a misunderstanding. Somebody moved quickly without running the traps. All I can tell you is it was a terrible mistake, and she conveyed that to the governor."

Kelly Timilty held on to her 2nd District Governor's Council seat Tuesday, despite news breaking late in the day that her campaign distributed a flyer featuring a forged endorsement from Gov. Deval Patrick.

Timilty, a Dedham Democrat, held off primary challenger Robert Jubinville, of Milton, by 32 percent. The final tally showed Timilty receiving 66 percent of the vote and Jubinville earning 34 percent.

Gov. Deval Patrick's political committee confirmed Tuesday that the mailing distributed by Governor's Councilor Kelly Timilty's campaign featuring an endorsement from the governor was, in fact, phony and said that it is exploring whether there are legal implications of the forgery.

"The mailing sent out recently by the Timilty campaign was not approved by the Deval Patrick Committee, nor did the governor approve or author the letter that bears his signature" said Liz Morningstar, Executive Director of the Deval Patrick Committee. "The governor has not endorsed any candidate for Governor's Council. The Deval Patrick Committee is exploring all legal implications with respect to this unauthorized mailing."