Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
Eric Bodenweiser was the Republican nominee to a Delaware State Senate seat in 2012. A few weeks before the election he was charged with several counts of felony sex abuse of a minor under sixteen. The raping began when the boy was ten.
Tom Ganley was a Republican congressional candidate in Ohio. He lost his election in 2010. He was accused by two different women of sexually harassing them. One woman, Dianne Hill, accused him of grabbing her buttocks and telling her he wanted her to wear some lingerie and allow him to smack her buttocks. Another woman…
Michael Silvestri had run for mayor of Trenton, New Jersey, and for freeholder position, an archaic title for county elected officials. (It’s been eliminated as of January 2021.) In 2018, he ran for state assembly and was accused of sexual harassment and sexual assault by a campaign worker.
Ryan Nawrocki was the Republican candidate for Baltimore County, Maryland’s Sixth District council race. However, a past police report leaves questions. In the report, his girlfriend, who is now his wife, alleged that he struck her, pushed her down, and choked her. She told the police twice that he assaulted her during arguments. In the first report to the police, she claimed he pushed her down, but she was uninjured. In the second report, she claimed he hit her and split her lip, pushed her to the floor and was choking her. She managed to get him to stop by digging her nails into his arm. The police officer noted the injuries to her upper and lower lip and also noted that Nawrocki had injuries of his own. She now ascribes their altercation to youth and says there was no abuse.
David W. Coderre was the Republican nominee for state Senate District 29 in Connecticut. He was arrested four times for domestic violence though three of those were erased after a violence program. The fourth arrest was dismissed. He blames the arrests on a messy divorce.
Anthony Pappas was the Republican candidate taking on Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez. His ex-wife accused him of domestic violence and has a 20-year restraining order after he broke her jaw. He told the Republican chairwoman that his campaign account was frozen by the government because he owed child support leading her to agree with the Democrats that he was “unhinged.”
Steve Von Loor won the Republican primary for the U.S. House of Representatives in North Carolina in a district backed with as many liberals as possible to dilute their voting power. He had no chance of winning so it was unlikely the state Republican central committee did a background check. Because if they did…
Chris Hoy ran as a Republican for Maine House District 33. He was asked to drop out by Republicans and Democrats due to his criminal history including violating a protective order, two domestic violence convictions, According to court records, he kicked a pregnant family member in the stomach, knocked her down, and grabbed her by the throat.
Mark Bedell ran as the Republican candidate for a Maine House seat. He was arrested on aggravated assault charges and was accused of domestic violence. He was held without bail. The Maine GOP asked him to step down.
Dennis Hof was the Republican candidate for the Nevada Assembly. He was a legal brothel owner. He thought of himself as a Trump-like figure, flamboyant and fond of publicity. He starred in an HBO series called Cathouse and published a copycat book, “The Art of the Pimp.” He had been accused of sexual assault four times, the most recent a month before his death in October 2018. He was also accused in 2005, 2009, and 2011. Prosecutors declined to file charges, citing the statute of limitations, a continuing problem with holding abusers accountable.