Tag: Party Activist
1528: Craig Scott Valdez

Craig Scott Valdez was Alaska state Sen. George Rauscher’s Chief of Staff since November, 2025, and had worked for him since 2021. He was also the Chair of the Anchorage Young Republicans. He has been removed from all positions since his arrest on four felony charges involving child sexual exploitation.
1526: Shawn DeRemer
1454: Scott Soucek

Scott Soucek is a MAGA activist who campaigned for Trump saying he was voting for Trump because he would fight child trafficking. His wife was a Republican convention delegate and the chair of the Door County Republican Party.
On his Facebook feed, he wrote “I’m voting to fight against human/child trafficking.” That is strange since he had already caught downloading child sexual abuse material in 2009. For some reason, that case was never prosecuted.
1318: Joel Searby

Joel Bruce Searby has been active in Florida Republican politics for many years. He worked for a consulting firm called Data Targeting where he worked for many Republican campaigns. Most recently, he was a board member of Education First for Newberry, a group trying to turn Newberry’s public schools into charter schools.
He was arrested in June, 2024, charged with charges of lewd or lascivious conduct, use of a computer to solicit a minor, enticing a minor to travel, and unlawful use of a two-way communication device. He was attempting to lure a fifteen-year-old boy in order to molest him.
1304: Alu Axelman

Elliot “Alu” Axelman was a Republican candidate for New Hampshire State Legislature. Vivek Ramaswamy listed him as an endorser in the 2024 presidential primary. He is an advocate for New Hampshire Secession.
He has been arrested and charged with false imprisonment, two counts of simple assault, and four counts of sexual assault, all misdemeanors. The alleged incident happened at a Libertarian fair called Porcfest and the victim was just fourteen. She had been separated from her parents and her phone was dead. She ran into Axelman, a family friend. He texted her mother that he had found her, but then offered her alcohol, took her to a field, and would not let her leave, kissing her and grinding against her
1271: Kyle Lewter
1270: Luis Borunda

Luis Borunda served as Deputy Secretary of State under Republican Governor Larry Hogan of Maryland. In August, 2023, he was arrested by state police for soliciting a minor in an internet sting. The subsequent investigation led to him also being charged federally with possession and distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Material.
1268: Dan Duffey

Daniel Edward Duffey has been a Republican political strategist for years. He was the political director for Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte’s 2020 campaign before being fired due to a sort-of road rage incident. He was working with Montana Policy Action, a c4 that seems to be electioneering more than the permissible “less than half.” They are a policy group that don’t have a single policy on their site. Duffey has been charged with two counts of stalking, one a felony count.
1231: Clarice Schillinger

Clarice Schillinger is an unsuccessful candidate for Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor and a conservative activist. Until her arrest for assault, she was a leader of a “parental rights” group campaigning against woke ideas such as accurate history and equal rights for everybody. She was arrested for assault, harassment, and providing alcohol to minors.



