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961: William Ray Pruitt

Child Molestation, Sexual Battery, Stalking/Harassment
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William Ray Pruitt was the police chief of Center Hill, Florida, for about 18 months in the late 90s. It was controversial. In 2008, he ran as a Republican for the state House of Representatives. In December, 2022, he was arrested for sexually battering a 14-year-old girl and then stalking her, threatening her to prevent her from coming forward. She did not come forward for two years because she was terrified of him.

870: Sandy Smith

Familial Abuse & Violence
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Sandy Smith won the Republican primary for North Carolina’s First Congressional District only to lose in the general. Two ex-husbands and her daughter have accused her of domestic violence. Her daughter filed for a protective order claiming that Smith “held me down by my hair and punched me in the face with a closed fist.” The protection order has been dismissed and she and her daughters are, according to Smith, on good terms.

811: Ryan White AKA Jon McGreevey

Rape Culture
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Ryan White used the name Jon McGreevey when he ran in the Republican primary for U. S. Senate. He got 6% of the vote which is more than he deserved. He concocted an elaborate story about sex trafficking that was utterly false. He claimed an older adult male was in the business with a young girl, 10-12 years of age, forcing the child to perform sexual acts on male customers. He then made some video ads with a candidate for sheriff talking about how he foiled abuse. He claimed he worked at an adult bookstore as part of a law enforcement sting.

798: Kevin Smith

Improper Conduct or Comments, Organizational Cover-Up, Sexual Harassment
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He was accused of covering for sexual harassing supervisors in a sexual harassment and disability discrimination suit. In the suit, it was claimed he made dumb blonde jokes and called one employee “porkchop.” He was accused of retaliating when a worker made an official complaint about sexual harassment by other supervisors.

775: Vernon Jones

Intimidation, Menacing, Rape
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Running in the Republican Congressional primary in 2022, his opponents brought up allegations of rape that were made in 2005 by a woman who dropped the charge “out of fear.” According to her report to the police, he said he knew where she lived and he would find her. In an egregious act of police misconduct, the Dekalb County police chief whom Vernon Jones had appointed released her identity to the press with the incident report. She wrote a note saying she would not testify because of the harassment and the release of her name. She never recanted.

760: Teddy Daniels

Familial Abuse & Violence
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A few weeks before the primary, his wife sought an order of protection alleging he was stalking her and threatening her, their child, and the dog. He threatened to kill the dog in front of the children. He was barred from possessing firearms as well. A week later, he got the order thrown out, just in time for the primary.

747: Charles Herbster

Sexual Battery
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He was just one of the many candidates who were endorsed by Trump with allegations of sexual misconduct. Eight women, including a Republican state senator named Julie Siana came forward alleging they had been groped by Herbster. Later another woman came forward alleging he had also groped her at the same event where Siana claimed he had groped her. He sued Siana, claiming defamation, so she countersued for sexual battery. After the election they both dropped their suits.

731: Tom McCullagh

Improper Conduct or Comments
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Tom McCullagh was a Republican primary candidate for a state House seat. However, he withdrew when the details of an investigation into his alleged grooming of an underage girl became public. A person reported that McCullagh gave the girl a bottle of vodka. When the police tried to extract the child’s cellphone data, they could not as the data was corrupted. As such, the thought the only probably charge was contributing to the delinquency of a minor. McCullagh was not questioned because the family did not want to pursue the matter.

723: John Myser

Familial Abuse & Violence
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John Myser unsuccessfully contended for the Republican convention nomination for the state legislature. Just a week later, he was arrested in a domestic violence incident to which he gave an Alford plea, admitting there was plenty of evidence to convict him, but not admitting guilt.