Fourteen House Democrats in battleground districts have received more than $30,000 from Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), who faces allegations of sexual misconduct from a female staffer, over the last several election cycles.
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who → receive → cycles
None of the Democrats have said whether they intend to return the money, when asked by the Washington Examiner.
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they → say → Examiner
Each received the contributions through Gomez’s leadership PAC, Generation Go.
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Each → receive → PAC
Gomez is the subject of an Ethics Committee investigation after an April New York Post story alleged the congressman was seen kissing an aide.
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congressman → allege → aide
Another woman interviewed by the committee has alleged that Gomez sexually assaulted her, according to the woman’s lawyers.
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Gomez → interview → lawyers
Gomez said he did not violate any House ethics rules, but acknowledged he had made mistakes in his marriage.
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he → say → marriage
Rep. Adam Gray (D-CA) has received four donations since 2022 amounting to $4,000.
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Gray → receive → 4,000
Reps. Darren Soto (D-FL), Derek Tran (D-CA), Josh Harder (D-CA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Steven Horsford (D-NV), and Dave Min (D-CA) each received $2,000 from Gomez.
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Soto → receive → Gomez
Both Gray and Landsman face competitive reelection battles, with Landsman’s Cincinnati-area seat redrawn last year.
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seat → face → battles
Soto was recently redrawn into a Republican-leaning district near Orlando and Republicans are hopeful they can oust him this November.
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they → lean → him
Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY) also took $2,000 from Gomez.
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Ryan → take → Gomez
In July, Ryan pledged to refund money his campaign took from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee after voting to end military aid to Israel.
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campaign → pledge → Israel
The Washington Examiner reported that could put him out of nearly $800,000 in campaign funds.
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that → report → funds
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee amassed $35,500 from the congressman in 2020.
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Committee → amass → 2020
The DCCC did not say if it would return the money.
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it → say → money
Instead, when asked about the funds, the group pointed to money Republican candidates have taken from Reps. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) and Max Miller (R-OH), both of whom are embroiled in misconduct scandals.
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both → ask → scandals
Edwards announced he would not seek reelection, but Miller decided to stay on the ballot amid a bitter legal fight over allegations of domestic violence.
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Miller → announce → violence
“Republicans spend all their time virtue signaling about how self righteous they are just to turn around and take dirty money from disgraced, disgusting, and abhorrent men like Chuck Edwards and Max Miller,” DCCC spokesman Viet Shelton told the Washington Examiner.
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Shelton → spend → Examiner
“They should stop with the fake outrage.
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They → stop → outrage
Each of them will lose their jobs for their cruelty and hypocrisy in November anyway.”
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Each → lose → November
Reps. Gabe Vasquez (D-NM) and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) also each received $3,500 from the congressman.
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Vasquez → receive → congressman
Gluesenkamp Perez, who represents one of the most competitive seats in the country, called for both former Reps. Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales to step down amid sexual misconduct allegations earlier this year.
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Swalwell → represent → allegations
She also has shown a willingness to buck her party when she voted to censure Reps. Al Green (D-TX), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and Chuy Garcia (D-IL), but has remained silent on money she received from Gomez.
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she → show → Gomez
Reps. Don Davis (D-NC), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), and Nellie Pou (D-NJ) received $3,000 from Gomez.
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Davis → receive → Gomez
Davis and Gonzalez both face challenging reelection battles.
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Davis → face → battles
Rep. Emilia Sykes (D-OH), who is vice chairwoman of the Democratic Women’s Caucus and has been outspoken on the domestic violence and sexual misconduct allegations that have come out this Congress, received $1,000 in 2024.
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that → come → 2024
“Voters are going to decide this election based on who has lowered their taxes, secured the border, kept their communities safe, and are standing up to the radical socialist agenda consuming the Democrat Party,” National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Mike Marinella told the Washington Examiner.
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Marinella → go → Examiner
“Nobody should take these Democrat slimeballs seriously when their supposed principles disappear the second they must answer for their scandal-plagued colleagues like Jimmy Gomez, Eric Swalwell, Ruben Gallego, Bobby Pulido, and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick.”
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they → take → Gomez
The Ethics Committee announced its investigation into Gomez last week, after telling CNN earlier this year they had begun the early stages of an investigation.
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they → announce → investigation
“Years ago, I made personal mistakes outside my marriage that have caused real pain to my wife and family,” Gomez said in a statement at the time.
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Gomez → make → time
“Although my actions were consensual in nature and haven’t violated the law or House ethics rules, that doesn’t diminish the impact that these mistakes have made on those I care about the most.
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I → violate → those
“I take full responsibility and have committed myself to working through the pain privately with my wife and family,” he wrote.
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he → take → wife
“I sought professional assistance to help re-center and heal the relationships that mean everything to me, and move forward with the honesty, transparency, and respect that everyone deserves from the people they love.
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they → seek → people
I continue to do this work.”
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I → continue → work
Gomez will face progressive Democrat Angela Gonzales-Torres in November, after he pulled in 46% of the vote earlier this year, with Gonzales-Torres bringing in 30.7%.
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Torres → face → %
The state uses a top-two primary system, meaning the two candidates that receive the most votes, regardless of party, will go to the November election.
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that → use → election
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