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197: Scott Bundgaard

Familial Abuse & Violence
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Scott Bundgaard was the Arizona Senate Majority Leader. He was dating Aubry Ballard. While on the way home from an event, they got into an argument. He pulled over to the side of the freeway. He claimed she was hitting him and throwing his clothes out of the car. He claimed she had a gun. He was seen dragging her on the side of the road and she had cuts and scrapes on her legs. The police arrested her. They would have also arrested him but he claimed he had legislative immunity and could not be arrested while the legislature was in session.

Of course, this led to more scrutiny of his past and the discovery that he had been accused of domestic violence in the past by his then-newlywed wife who left him on their honeymoon after calling police to escort her to their rental so she could pack her things and leave. She had the marriage annulled.

He reached a plea deal on the reckless assault charge and pled no contest to a misdemeanor with no jail time. He resigned when the Senate took up an ethics investigation.

189: Nicholas Kettle

Secret Photos or Recordings
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Nicholas Kettle was a Republican state senator in Rhode Island. He was arrested on charges of video voyeurism and extortion after his former long-time girlfriend filed charges. He was also charged with extorting a page by threatening his job unless he had sex with him. He resigned from office.

He shot pics of his then-girlfriend and sent them to a friend in New Hampshire. He took a plea deal and apologized to her in court. He was sentenced to a three-year suspended sentence.

The extorting sex case was dropped for two reasons. The page refused to return to Rhode Island to testify and Kettle produced chat logs of the page and him talking over several months, conversations that were flirtatious and friendly. This was perceived as exculpatory and it well might be. However, there are many examples of people who remained friendly with people who assaulted them because of the power dynamics

164: Sherman Lee Criner

Child Molestation
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Sherman Lee Criner, a GOP candidate for the Deleware state Senate, was accused of molesting a child. Because his wife is a judge, the investigation was carried out by the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) rather than local or county police who would be frequently appearing in court before the judge. Criner was a family friend of the alleged victim.

According to the paper, the prosecutor declined to file charges to protect the alleged victim.

158: John Schmitz

Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct
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John Schmitz was a California congressman who when he taught political science in college got Carla Stuckle, one of his students pregnant. He continued to see her for many years and fathered a second child. It all came out when the woman was arrested for child abuse and he came forward to serve as her…

136: Cliff Hite

Sexual Harassment
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Cliff Hite was an Ohio state senator. He decided he wanted to have sex with a state employee and despite her repeated refusals he kept asking and asking, one time for over an hour, explaining that “I’m a grown man. I have needs” and talking about his sex life with his wife. He propositioned her nine times. He told her she would change her mind. She filed a complaint of sexual harassment that ultimately led to his resignation.

133: Jack Latvala

Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct
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Jack Latvala was a Florida state senator who was accused of sexual harassment and sexual assault. His troubles began with an allegation of sexual harassment of a senate aide. A retired judge was appointed to investigate and concluded Latvala harassed several women, Four of the five sexual harassment allegations were sustained by the Judge’s investigation…

129: Randy Baumgardner

Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct
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Randy Baumgardner was a Colorado state senator so infamous for sexual harassment that his nickname was “the boob grabber.” Several people came forward with allegations of intimidation and harassment on the job. Two separate independent investigations found allegations against him credible or more likely than not to have occurred.

127: Jeff Kruse

Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct
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Jeff Kruse was an Oregon state senator. He was accused by several women of unwanted touching. When they complained, he only became more flagrant. An independent investigator not only confirmed the allegations, he found even more victims of his behavior. After resigning, he posted on Facebook that he was the real victim. The Oregonian: Report…

71: Clifton Bennett (Sen.Ken Bennett)

Child Molestation, Enabling, Organizational Cover-Up, Pro-Rape Judge, Rape Culture, Sexual Assault
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Clifton Bennett’s father is Ken Bennett, a Republican who has been in elected office most of the time since 1985. He’s running for Arizona Senate in the GOP primary now. In 2006, when his son was eighteen, Ken Bennett was President of the Arizona Senate. That position gave his son the sweetheart plea deal of…

19: Ralph Shortey

Child Rape, Solicitation of a Minor, Trafficking
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Ralph Shortey was an Oklahoma state senator and the state chair for the 2016 Donald Trump campaign. A culture warrior, he pushed the birther conspiracy about Obama and tried to pass a bill that would deny immigrants any civil rights. He was also sending and receiving child pornography and trafficking children. He met them online…