Would you tell your friend this?

A friend and I are working for a certain candidate to get the local Congressional nomination. He is campaigning against another candidate who seems to have more official backing. I just spoke to a neighboring Congress person who told me that our candidate will most likely not get official party backing.

Should I tell her that I heard that or not? We know we are fighting an uphill battle but this is even more discouraging.

I am deliberately not saying what party this is for as I don’t really want to get into a political fight. It is more about whether to tell a friend some bad news.

Putting it in General to avoid the political battle and will flag off-topic comments. Thanks for honoring!