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270: Tim Murphy

Hostile Workplace
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Tim Murphy was a Pennsylvania state senator before he ran for Congress and became a U.S. House member. He represented Pennsylvania’s 18th from 2003 until 2017 when he resigned as a result of several scandals. He was known for his absolute opposition to abortion, so when he urged the woman he was having an affair with to get an abortion, that was a major scandal. However, hypocrisy is not a road to listing here.

He was an abusive boss and fostered an atmosphere of abuse, hiring as Chief of Staff another abusive person. His office had 100% turnover because of abuse.

268: Larry Weinstein

Secret Photos or Recordings, Sexual Misconduct
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Larry Weinstein was a Northampton Township Supervisor and the campaign manager for GOP Rep. Scott Petri. He and his girlfriend were charged with drugging a woman so they could film her naked, taking pictures of their body parts and of Weinstein with the woman. The police say there was also a second victim whose photos were on his iPad They pleaded guilty. He blamed a head injury reducing his impulse control, though the judge pointed out there was nothing impulsive about this crime. He also pleaded guilty to invasion of privacy for the photos of the second woman.

251: John Peterson

Sexual Harassment
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John Peterson was a Republican politician in Pennsylvania serving eight years in local government before being elected to the state House in 1977, then to the state Senate in 1985, and then the US Congress in 1997 where he served until 2009. He was accused of sexual harassment by a page when he was in the state Senate. She filed a complaint alleging he grabbed her breast in the elevator. The Pennsylvania Senate’s investigator concluded that it probably happened, but was impossible to prove. In addition, three women said he tried to kiss them at work and three additional women asked for and got transfers because he made them uncomfortable at work. Those six cases were not investigated.

146: Robert Kerns

Rape, Sexual Assault
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Robert Kerns was the chairman of the Montgomery County Republican Party in Pennsylvania. He was charged with three counts of indecent assault, two counts of aggravated indecent assault, one count of rape, one count of sexual assault, and one count of simple assault. He took an Alford plea to a lesser charge of misdemeanor indecent assault. An Alford please is like pleading no contest except the defendant claims to be innocent but acknowledges he would be convicted based on the evidence.

138: Derek Walker

Secret Photos or Recordings, Stalking/Harassment
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Derek Walker was running in the Republican congressional primary in Pennsylvania when right before the 2008 primary, he was charged with burglary and criminal trespass for breaking into her home to tape her with another man. They claim he said, “This video is going to put an end to your job with the school district,” …

137: Bruce Barclay

Secret Photos or Recordings
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Bruce Barclay, a Republican who had just been elected to a second term as Cumberland County Commissioner, had several consensual sexual encounters with sex workers. That does not merit inclusion on this list because it was consensual. However, the sex workers did not consent to be secretly recorded. This was discovered in an investigation into…

128: Nick Miccarelli

Familial Abuse & Violence, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault
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Nick Miccarelli was a state representative in Pennsylvania. He was accused by a GOP political consultant of sexually assaulting her. A state representative filed for a restraining order against him, alleging he held a gun to her head and threatened to kill her. Both women asked for no prosecution, not wanting to be in court…

123: Patrick Meehan

Sexual Harassment
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Patrick Meehan was a Congressman from Pennsylvania. He was accused by a former staffer of making unwanted romantic advances. He made a settlement with her and paid her $39,000 from his Congressional Office Fund. This all came to light while he was on the Ethics Committee gleefully investigating others for sexual harassment. Speaker Paul Ryan…

117: Alan Berlin

Solicitation of a Minor
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Alan Berlin worked eighteen years in Republican politics as an aide to two different Republican state senators, Sen. Hal Mowery, R-Cumberland County, and former Sen. Jane Orie, R-Allegheny County. He messaged with a teenager, soliciting him for sex. Soliciting sex with a minor is a crime. Having a furry fetish is not illegal, which makes…