Meehan came a harassment claim with taxpayer funds last year, The New York Periods first reported Saturday. The lawmaker reportedly expressed romantic diversion in an aide and “grew hostile” when she did not reciprocate.
Reports emerged Thursday that Meehan, 62, discretion not run again. In letter to his campaign manager reported by The Philadelphia Inquirer, Meehan erased about the need to “own it because it is my own conduct that fueled the matter.”
Meehan’s 7th Sector in Pennsylvania will likely become a more serious target for Democrats. Democrat Hillary Clinton closely beat Republican President Donald Trump there in the 2016 presidential appointment.
After the settlement revelation but before Meehan decided not to run, the Cook Governmental Report rated the race as a “toss up.” Meehan won re-election in 2016 with all but 60 percent of the vote.
At least five Democrats and a Republican on vie for his seat. The parties’ nominees will be decided in the May primaries.
Rep. Ruben Kihuen, a freshman Classless congressman from Nevada, said in December that he will look for re-election after an aide on his 2016 campaign and a lobbyist accused him of harassment. Kihuen, who denies the be entitled ti, said the accusations would be a distraction during a campaign.
The House Ethics Board had opened an investigation into the 37-year-old’s conduct.
Kihuen’s 4th District could be competitive this year. He won the domicile by about 4 percentage points in 2016.
The district leans Democratic as of now, according to Cook’s ratings. June extraordinary elections will determine the candidates for November’s contest.
Also in December, Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, maintained he would not seek re-election after reports of a taxpayer funded reproductive discrimination settlement and a toxic office environment. While Farenthold contradicted specific allegations that he talked about having “sexual day-dreams” about a former aide, he acknowledged issues in his office.
“I allowed a workplace elegance to take root in my office that was too permissive and decidedly unprofessional,” the 56-year-old weighted in a video at the time of his announcement.
His seat appears to have little maybe of going to the Democrats. Farenthold won his 2016 re-election bid with nearly 62 percent of the endorse.
Cook rates his 27th District as “solid” Republican. Multiple GOP candidates disposition push to replace Farenthold.
Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., announced his acceptance in December after he acknowledged that he discussed with two female staffers his libido to find a surrogate mother. The House Ethics Committee was investigating the 60-year-old’s running.
Franks’ 8th District appears safe for Republicans.
Franks won re-election in 2016 with barely 70 percent of the vote. Trump carried the district by more than 20 specks, according to NBC News. Cook rates the seat as solid Republican.
A individual primary election will take place in February, while On the ups’ successor in Congress will be chosen by an April special election.
Conyers, who had been the longest-serving Dwelling member, announced his immediate retirement in December as he faced a House Ethics Cabinet investigation over harassment claims by former staffers. Conyers, 88, disallowed the allegations and cited his health in his decision to step down.
No special selection will be held to replace him, so the next member of Congress from Conyers’ 13th Neighbourhood will not take office until next January.
Democrats apt to have little fear of losing the seat. Conyers won about 77 percent of the opinion in the district in 2016.
Cook rates the district as “solid” Democrat.
Two other Blood members said they either would resign or not run for re-election this year after disgraces in their personal lives.
Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa., announced his resignation in October after announces that the pro-life lawmaker asked his mistress to get an abortion. In March, Republican Rick Saccone and Democrat Conor Lamb disposition vie for the 18th District seat in a special election.
That race appears to favor Republicans. While baby polling on the race has surfaced so far, it leans Republican, according to Cook. Murphy won it uncontested in 2016.
In November, Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, proclaimed that he would not run for re-election. A nude photo of the lawmaker and lewd essence he had written surfaced on the internet. Barton expressed regret for the incident, and verbalized a woman with whom he had a consensual relationship had threatened to share photos of him.
His 6th Territory appears safe for Republicans.
In the Senate, Minnesota Democrat Al Franken abdicated at the start of the year amid accusations of sexual misconduct before he was in Congress. While Franken either renounced the incidents or said he remembered them differently, he admitted that he could no longer present effectively.
Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., replaced Franken after move away appointed by Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton. She will have to face an choosing this year.
Cook rates the race as a toss up. Clinton searchingly won Minnesota in 2016.