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Representative Tony Cárdenas, California 29th, Democrat: On May 3, Cárdenas identified himself as the subject of a lawsuit alleging that, in 2007, an unnamed Los Angeles County politician had sexually abused a 16-year-old girl.
Representative Elizabeth Esty, Connecticut 5th, Democrat: The Connecticut Post and The Washington Post reported in March that Esty allowed a former chief of staff to remain in her office for months after learning of allegations that he had sexually harassed and threatened a female staffer.
Daylin Leach, Pennsylvania state senator and former candidate for Pennsylvania 4th, Democrat: On December 16, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Leach had inappropriately touched women and had begun sexual conversations with young female subordinates.
Andrea Ramsey, former candidate for Kansas 3rd, Democrat: In a December 15 story, The Kansas City Star asked Ramsey about a 2005 lawsuit, in which one of her former male employees at a lab-testing company alleged that Ramsey had made sexual advances toward him. He also alleged that she had fired him because they were not reciprocated.
Representative Robert C. Scott, Virginia 3rd, Democrat: At a press conference on December 15, M. Reese Everson, a former fellow for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, accused Scott of inappropriately touching her in 2013, and, on another occasion, asking her to flirt with him.
Representative Ruben Kihuen, Nevada 4th, Democrat: On December 1, BuzzFeed reported a former campaign staffer’s accusations that Kihuen had made repeated sexual advances toward her during his 2016 campaign. In The Nevada Independent on December 13, a lobbyist accused him of unwanted touching and sending her inappropriate text messages.
Former Representative John Conyers, Michigan 13th, Democrat: Conyers settled a wrongful-dismissal complaint in 2015 with a female staffer who claimed she was fired because she wouldn’t “succumb to his sexual advances. Other former staff members alleged that Conyers repeatedly made sexual advances to female staff that included requests for sex acts, contacting and transporting other women with whom they believed Conyers was having affairs, caressing their hands sexually, and rubbing their legs and backs in public.
Former Senator Al Franken, Minnesota, Democrat: On November 16, the radio personality Leeann Tweeden alleged that Franken had forcibly kissed her during a rehearsal for a skit while the two were on a USO tour in 2006. Tweeden also made public a photo of Franken with his hands hovering above her breasts while she slept. Following that news, several other women accused Franken of inappropriate touching and kissing.
Representative Keith Ellison, Minnesota 5th, candidate for Minnesota attorney general, Democrat: On August 11, the son of Karen Monahan, a former girlfriend of Ellison, wrote on Facebook that he had seen a video of Ellison cursing at his mother and dragging her by her feet. Monahan confirmed her son’s account on Twitter on August 12.
Lou Lang, Illinois state representative, Democrat: During a news conference on May 31, the medical-marijuana advocate Maryann Loncar alleged that Lang had repeatedly sexually harassed and intimidated her.
Nate Boulton, Iowa state senator and former gubernatorial candidate, Democrat: On May 23, The Des Moines Register reported three women’s allegations of sexual harassment against Boulton. One said that Boulton had repeatedly grabbed her buttocks at a bar in 2015; the two others alleged that he had rubbed his crotch against them in separate incidents while he was in law school more than a decade ago.
Eric Schneiderman, former New York attorney general, Democrat: On May 7, The New Yorker published the accounts of four women who alleged that Schneiderman had physically abused them. The allegations included being slapped and choked during sex without their consent.
Angel Arce, former Connecticut state representative, Democrat: On March 1, the Hartford Courant published a series of text messages exchanged in 2015 between Arce, then 54, and a 16-year-old girl.
Charles Barkley, Maryland state representative, Democrat: On February 24, a female lobbyist alleged that Barkley had touched her inappropriately multiple times when they greeted each other between 2013 and 2016.
David Sawyer, Washington state representative, Democrat: On February 23, Tacoma’s The News Tribune reported allegations from eight women—seven of whom are former or current lobbyists or staffers—that Sawyer had sent persistent, suggestive text messages and had made inappropriate comments to them.
Joe Souki, former Hawaii state representative, Democrat: On February 1, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported that Rachael Wong, the state’s former director of human services, had filed a complaint with the Hawaii State Ethics Commission in the fall of 2017, alleging that Souki had made “inappropriate comments” and “inappropriate requests for physical contact.” After Wong made her complaint public, four more women came forward with similar allegations.
Dean Westlake, former Alaska state representative, Democrat: On December 8, the Anchorage Daily News reported the allegations of seven women, both current and former staffers at the Alaska Capitol, who accused Westlake of unwanted sexual advances, including sexual comments and touching. Westlake had fathered a child with a 16-year-old girl in 1988, when he was 28.
Borris Miles, Texas state senator, Democrat: On December 6, The Daily Beast reported allegations that Miles had forcibly kissed and made inappropriate comments to female staffers.
Carlos Uresti, Texas state senator, Democrat: On December 6, The Daily Beast reported allegations that Uresti had sexually harassed and inappropriately touched multiple women, including legislative staffers and reporters.
Matt Dababneh, former California state assemblyman, Democrat: On December 4, the lobbyist Pamela Lopez filed a complaint with the state assembly alleging that, in 2016, Dababneh had followed her into a bathroom, **********d in front of her, and asked her to touch him. Another woman, Jessica Yas Barker, also alleged that Dababneh had made inappropriate comments when they worked together in U.S. Representative Brad Sherman’s office in 2009 and 2010.
Raul Bocanegra, former California state assemblyman, Democrat: On November 20, the Los Angeles Times reported six women’s accusations that Bocanegra had made unwanted sexual advances or comments. Those incidents, the women said, took place after Bocanegra was disciplined by the state legislature in 2009 following allegations that he had groped a fellow staffer.
Tony Mendoza, former California state senator, Democrat: In November, The Sacramento Bee reported several sexual-harassment allegations against Mendoza, including kissing a legislative aide on the cheek and inviting a young woman looking for a job to his home.
Steve Lebsock, former Colorado state representative, Democrat: On November 10, the Colorado radio station KUNC reported the accounts of nine female staffers and lobbyists alleging sexual harassment or unwanted sexual advances from Lebsock.
Paul Rosenthal, Colorado state representative, Democrat: On November 15, The Denver Post published an account from the Democratic organizer Thomas Cavaness, who filed a sexual-harassment complaint with state House leadership accusing Rosenthal of groping him at a political event in 2012.
Dan Schoen, former Minnesota state senator, Democrat: On November 8, several women, including state Representative Erin Maye Quade and the state House candidate Lindsey Port, came forward with allegations that Schoen had sexually harassed them, including through persistent text messages and unwanted touching.
Cristina Garcia, California state assemblywoman, Democrat: On November 8, a former staffer to Assemblyman Ian Calderon, Daniel Fierro, told Politico that Garcia had groped him at a softball game in 2014. A local lobbyist said Garcia also groped him in March 2017. Several other former staffers came forward with allegations in the months after Fierro first went public, saying that Garcia had used inappropriate and disparaging language with them.
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