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441: Nick Hermann

Retaliation, Sexual Harassment

Nick Hermann was the County Prosecutor in Vanderburgh County, Illinois until he lost the Republican primary in May 2022. A likely contribution to his loss was the sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought against him that he settled. That and the $10,000 in controversial expenditures for lingerie and expensive lunches on his county credit card.

440: Mark Adams

Sexual Harassment

Mark Adams was the fiscal officer for Butler township and treasurer of Montgomery County GOP. HeIn 2019, he resigned after a woman accused him of theft and sexual harassment. According to her, he harassed her when she met with him at the bank where he worked. She gave him money to open an account but it was not credited to her. The bank investigated and fired Adams. However, she did not file a suit and he was back at Butler Township in 2020.

439: Bill Brough

Rape, Sexual Harassment

Bill Brough was a California Republican Assemblyman representing Orange County. He was asked by his party to retire and withdraw from 2020 re-election race because of sexual harassment and assault allegations as well as an ethics investigation for using campaign funds for personal use. He ran for re-election anyway. He came in fourth in the primary.

437: James Manning

Child Abuse, Sexual Harassment

James Manning is the pastor of ATLAH World Missionary Church which also operates two private religious schools, Great Tomorrow’s USA Elementary/Middle and Atlah High School.. Manning is a vicious homophobe advocating that gay people be stoned. He advocated that former President Obama be hanged. He claimed Starbucks puts semen in its coffee. He has been accused of abusing the children who attend his school.

435: Joshua Powell

Sexual Harassment

Joshua Powell was formerly NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre’s Chief of Staff though before he was fired, he had been demoted to senior strategist. He was accused of sexual harassment by at least two women who were paid settlements from NRA funds. He was also accused of using NRA funds for personal expenses, but that is standard among NRA executives.

427: Bill Post

Sexual Harassment

Bill Post was an Oregon state representative and a rightwing radio host who always rushed to the extreme right, anti-gay, anti-abortion, anti-immigrant, anti-gun control, anti-woman, and definitely opposed to making work safe for women. He tweeted a meme that mocked sexual assault victims and only deleted after days of protest and did not apologize. Instead,…

426: Andrew Knarr

Sexual Harassment

Andrew Knarr was an aide to Colorado Republican state senator Jim Smallwood until he was fired for mocking sexual harassment and making a homophobic slur. He posted a photo on social media complaining “and they aren’t even gonna show me the proper way to grab a woman’s ass. This is fucking gay.” Sen. Smallwood fired…

425: Michael Henne

Sexual Harassment

Michael Henne is an Ohio state representative who said something offensive to a table of people at an event. There was an investigation that determined his remark was inappropriate but did not rise to the level of criminal sexual harassment. He was ordered to take sensitivity training and lost a committee assignment.

423: Bill Seitz

Organizational Cover-Up, Sexual Harassment

Bill Seitz was accused of sexual harassment after a going-away party for a Republican staffer. In his comments, he disparaged women in the legislature and made light of sexual harassment. He mocked women and used misogynist crude epithets to describe them. He apologized. The House leadership hired a law firm to investigate. The same law firm where Seitz worked for 36 years. The same law firm that donated to his campaign. They cleared him.