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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Virginia lawmaker wins election amid sex scandal

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A state lawmaker who resigned his seat following a sex scandal involving a teenage employee won it back during a special election Tuesday.

Apparently plenty of voters in Joseph D. Morrissey’s Richmond-area House of Delegates conviction were OK with his conviction in the scandal involving his 17-year-old secretary, whose nude photo was found on his cellphone and allegedly shared with a friend. Morrissey has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, saying his phone was hacked. The young woman, who denies they had sex, is now pregnant.

In unofficial returns, Morrissey defeated Democrat Kevin J. Sullivan and Republican Matt D. Walton by a comfortable margin. Morrissey won 42 percent of the vote, compared to 33 percent for Sullivan and 24 percent for Walton.

Morrissey’s victory was not unprecedented: Through four previous elections, most voters overlooked or even embraced the lawmaker’s flamboyant history of fistfights, contempt-of-court citations and disbarment. The 57-year-old bachelor, who fathered three children out of wedlock with three different women, repeatedly won at least 70 percent of the vote as a Democrat.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

"The 57-year-old bachelor, who fathered three children out of wedlock with three different women, repeatedly won at least 70 percent of the vote as a Democrat."

WTH is wrong with us that we find this to be an acceptable behavior from a candidate. White Marion Barry? Disgusting

Anonymous said...

prolly represents the behavior of his constituency

Anonymous said...

DEMOCRAT - says it all.

Anonymous said...

1:46
He actually beat a Republican and a Democrat. He's an independent.

Anonymous said...

And Republicans would NEVER tolerate this, Oh, hi, Sen. David Vitter (R-LA). Need anymore diapers?