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1525: Wesley Dingus

Wesley Dingus was the mayor of Butler, Ohio. He resigned after his recent arrest for voyeurism. He was also arrested in August, 2025, for running over a person wanted for a parole violation.

Dingus was filmed sniffing at least four pieces of a minor girl’s underwear and touching himself. She had suspected him of going in her room, catching him there when she came back after leaving for school. She put in a camera that filmed him in the act.

1522: Stephen Stokes

Stephen Stokes is a former County Commissioner of Benton County, Tennessee. He was also a teacher. He continued to serve as commissioner until his sentencing despite calls for his removal for absenteeism even before he was arrested for sexual battery of a minor in June 2025.

1521: Leon Black

Leon David Black is a billionaire investor and co-founder of Apollo Global Management. While he is technically politically unaffiliated, he is a big campaign donor and two-thirds of his donations are to Republicans. He was also a good friend of Jeffrey Epstein.

In 2023, he was sued by a woman who alleged that Leon Black raped her in Epstein’s townhouse when she was just sixteen years old.

1520: Andrew Cirone

Andrew Cirone is a Fort Collins, Colorado, police officer currently on unpaid leave due to being arrested for attempted exploitation of a child. While he was investigating a case, a woman reported he talked to her adult daughter and asked for sexually explicit photos from when she was a child.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Child Exploitation, Child Sexual Abuse Material

1519: Shawn Myers

Shawn Patrick Myers was elected to the Grove City City Council representing the Third Ward in 2012. He won reelection to his fourth term in 2023 but was arrested before he was sworn in. He has been replaced by an appointee.

He was arraigned for involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, corruption of minors, disseminating explicit sexual material with a minor, and endangering the welfare of children. The child was nine years old.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Child Endangerment, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Child Sexual Abuse Material

1517: Bill Carns

William (Bill) Carns was the former Chair of the Nye County Republican Party. He was arrested on January 31, 2026. He was charged with He faces creating or distributing child sexual abuse material and using the internet to control explicit images of someone under the age of 16. In addition, he had three gun charges, including possessing a sawed-off shotgun, possession of a dangerous weapon, and having a firearm without a serial number.

1516: Manuel (Manny) Barraza

Manuel Joseph Barraza was the former El Paso Criminal District Court Judge. He was elected in 2008 and even before being sworn in, he began soliciting bribes to use his position to influence cases.

In the case involving Jane Doe 1, he solicited a bribe of sex, promising to influence the outcome of her case.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Abuse of Power or Authority, Solicitation