44 Democratic Sex Scandals

By Tom Elliott

Democratic Party, rape/sexual assault, scandals

Contributors: 5

Items: 44

Summary	Date	Source	Political Occupation	Accusation(s)
Brock Adams	03/02/1992	The New York Times	Former congressman	Sexual harassment, abuse, rape
Bill Clinton	01/01/1993	Wikipedia	Rape, sexual misconduct	Former president
Mel Reynolds	08/01/1994	Wikipedia	Former congressman	Raped a 16-year-old girl
Paul E. Patton	09/21/2002	The New York Times	Former governor	After his mistress broke off an affair, Kentucky filed numerous violations against her business
Neil Goldschmidt	05/01/2004	Wikipedia	Former governor	Sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl
Al Gore	10/01/2006	The Orange County Register	Former vice president	Sexual assault
Keith Ellison	10/11/2006	Alpha News	Congressman	Sexual assault
Eliot Spitzer	03/10/2008	CNN	Former governor	Patronizing prostitutes
John Edwards	08/09/2008	The New York Times	Vice presidential candidate	Encouraging his mistress to abort their love child
Anthony Weiner	06/16/2011	Wikipedia	Former congressman, mayoral candidate	Sexting underage girls
David Wu	07/22/2011	Oregon Live	Former congressman	Sexual harassment
Mayor sexually assaulted 3 women and pled guilty	12/09/2013	CBS News	Sexual Assualt	Sexual Assualt
Robert Menendez	08/25/2015	The New York Daily News	Senator	Sex with underage prostitute(s)
Damien Jones	10/01/2015	BuzzFeed	Congressional Black Caucus intern coordinator	Rape
Harvey Weinstein	10/05/2017	The New York Times	Democratic mega donor, activist	Rape, sexual assault, harassment
Lockhart Steele	10/20/2017	Variety	Democratic writer, donor	Sexual harassment, misconduct
Leon Wieseltier	10/24/2017	The New York Times	Progressive writer	Sexual harassment
Rick Najera	10/26/2017	Variety	Democratic donor	Sexual harassment
Andy Dick	10/31/2017	The Hollywood Reporter	Democratic donor	Groping, sexual harassment
Knight Landesman	10/31/2017	The Guardian	Democratic donor	Groping, sexual harassment
Brett Ratner	11/01/2017	Los Angeles Times	Democratic donor	Rape, sexual assault, harassment
Hamilton Fish	11/03/2017	The New York Times	Progressive publisher	Sexual harassment
Louis C.K.	11/09/2017	The New York Times	Activist	Sexual misconduct
Steve Jurvetson	11/13/2017	Recode	Democratic donor	Sexual misconduct
John Conyers	11/20/2017	BuzzFeed	Former congressman	Fired staffer after she wouldn't sleep with him
Bob Filner	11/20/2017	The Denver Post	Former mayor	Groping, sexual harassment
Raul Bocanegra	11/20/2017	The Los Angeles Times	State representative	Sexual harassment
Andrew Kreisberg	11/29/2017	Deadline	Democratic donor	Sexual harassment
Eric Massa	11/30/2017	ABC News	Former state representative (N.Y.)	Sexual misconduct
Al Franken	12/07/2017	The Guardian	Former senator	Sexual misconduct, groping
Harold Ford Jr.	12/07/2017	The Huffington Post	Former congressman	Sexual harassment
John Besh	12/29/2017	Eater New Orleans	Sexual harassment	Democratic donor
Kevin Spacey	04/11/2018	CNN	Democratic donor	Sexual assault
Gil Cisneros	05/03/2018	NTK Network	Calif. congressional candidate	Sexual misconduct
Clay Johnson	05/04/2018	The Huffington Post	Progressive activist/tech leader	Rape
Eric Schneiderman	05/07/2018	The New Yorker	New York attorney general	Physically assaulting, harassing women
Archie Parnell	05/22/2018	The Post and Courier	Democratic congressional candidate	Domestic abuse
Sal James Rivera	10/09/2018	The Washington Free Beacon	Donor	Groping, sexual harassment
Sherrod Brown	10/19/2018	Cincinnati.com	U.S. Senator	Sexual assault
Daylin Leach	01/24/2019	Penn Live	State senator	Sexual assault
Katie Hill	10/24/2019	Daily Mail	Calif. Congresswoman	Sexual relations with staffers
Joe Morrissey	11/06/2019	WJLA	State Senator	Sexual Misconduct
Andrew Gillum	03/14/2020	NY Post	Fla. Democratic gubernatorial candidate	Sex with male escort
Cal Cunningham	10/09/2020	Politico	N.C. Democratic Senate Candidate	Sexual misconduct