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1289: Jesse Law

Familial Abuse & Violence

Jesse Law is the Chairman of the Clark County Republican Party in Nevada. In December, 2023, he was indicted for his role as a fake elector in the autocoup scheme to keep Trump in power. In April, 2024, he was arrested on suspicion of domestic battery. Unfortunately, the District Attorney declined to pursue the case.

1171: Joseph Roberts

Familial Abuse & Violence, Murder, Sexual Harassment, Stalking/Harassment

Joseph C. Roberts known as “MAGA Joe,” he was a member of the San Francisco Republican Central Committee, a member of The Federalist Society, a board member of Families Advocating for Campus Equality, and a police advocate for Stop Abusive and Violent Environments. Both FACE and SAVE advocate for weakening protections of assault victims. He was the Republican poster child for anti-Title IX college protections when he was suspended after three women made sexual harassment accusations against him. One woman claimed she feared for her life. Betsy DeVos named him as an example when she rolled back Title IX protections.

1156: Kevin Tomafsky

Uncategorized

Kevin Tomafsky is a former aide to former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Before that he spent eight years working on Republican campaigns. He also served in leadership of his county Republican club and worked for Assemblyman Tom Fiocchi.

He was arrested in August 2023 for allegedly paying to sexually abuse a child. The child’s father was also arrested but his name has been withheld to protect the child’s identity.

1064: Adrienne Peña-Garza

Organizational Cover-Up

Adrienne Peña-Garza is the Chair of the Hildalgo County GOP in Texas and a fellow at The Club for Growth, the organization that worked assiduously to rid the Republicans of moderates. She is being sued for her alleged role in covering up her brother’s sexual harassment and assault. Her brother is Aron Peña.

1051: Paul Zunker

Child Molestation

Paul Zunker was the Carver County GOP Chair in Minnesota. In 2011, he pleaded guilty to sexually molesting a child in his estimation at least once a week. The victim said that she would say “knock it off” and he would just laugh and continue to touch her. She was less than 16 years old. While the penalty could have been as high as twenty-five years, Zunker was sentenced to six months and fifteen years probation.

1039: Jared Woodfill

Organizational Cover-Up

Jared Woodfill was the Harris County GOP Chair for ten years from 2002 to 2012. He remained politically active and is partially credited with defeating an LGBTQ equal rights ordinance in Houston. Since 2004, he has known that Paul Pressler sexually abused a child when helped settle negotiate a settlement that kept it silenced without any criminal repercussions. Nonetheless, in 2016, he wrote “This 85-year-old man has never made any inappropriate comments or actions toward me or any one I know of.”