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1440: James Taylor

James Ashley Taylor was elected to the Fort Pierce County Commission in 2024. In August, 2024, a mother in Evanston, Illinois, contacted local police to report than an adult man was carrying on inappropriate chats with her thirteen-year-old daughter and had sent nude pictures of himself. The conversations began when she was just twelve.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Child Exploitation, Grooming, Solicitation of a Minor

1439: Scott Truelove

Scott Truelove was a school librarian at East Allen County Schools and won election to the East Noble School Corporation board in 2020. He was the Board secretary.

On July 22nd, he was arrested a police undercover operation at a park that had attracted a lot of complaints about drugs and “lewd acts.”

1438: Christopher Seibert

Christopher Seibert was the vice-principal at Regis St. Mary’s school in Stayton, Oregon, from 2020 until 2023. After that, he worked at St. Joseph’s in Salem, first as a 5th-grade teacher and then as principal. He was suspended in December 2024 after the school learned of the allegation against him. In July 2025, he was indicted on four counts of first-degree sex abuse and one count of second-degree unlawful sexual penetration of a child at Regis St. Mary’s.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Child Rape

1434: Stephen Kopp

Stephen Kopp was the director of EDUCamp, a Bob Jones University summer program and after-school program director at Bob Jones Academy, a K-12 school. Bob Jones is notorious for not allowing inter-racial dating until 2000, giving up its tax exemption rather than enter the modern era. Bob Jones advocates Christian Nationalism, an extremist ideology that is overtaking the Republican party. Kopp has been charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor who was just fifteen years old.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Molestation, Child Rape

1433: Mike Doran

Michael Doran has twice won election as the Lorain County Recorder, a generally non-controversial job, recording deeds, property records, and so on. However, he has a history of controversy and violence. He changed his name from Fetterman to Doran, which Democrats alleged was an attempt to hide his convictions for assault in Wyoming and for theft and driving on a suspended license in Washington. A fellow Republican has accused him of assault but did not press charges. Now he has been charged with sexual imposition, essentially having sexual contact with another person when the offender knows the contact is offensive or acts recklessly in that regard.

1432: Grant Hill

Grant Hill is a Republican primary candidate for Iowa State House District 88. He also filed to run in the primary for US House District 1, but has told journalists that was a mistake, though he said he planned to run for Congress in 2032. He was described in the Daily Mail as a “rising GOP star” despite being listed as a sex offender and his very recent release from prison after serving two years and nine months.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Child Endangerment, Child Indecency, Indecent Exposure, Sexual Assault

1431: Curtis Cochran

The State of North Carolina has charged Cochran with felonious restraint, assault on a female, sexual battery and solicitation to commit prostitution. Cochran is also charged under the Cherokee Code with two counts of oppression in office and one count of abusive sexual contact.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Abuse of Power or Authority, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual Assault, Sexual Battery, Solicitation