Gavin Christopher Newsom was born on 10 October 1967. He graduated from Santa Clara University in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. He started the PlumpJack Wine Shop in 1992. The business flourished into a multi-million dollar enterprise. After serving in a number of public jobs he won the race for the Mayor of San Francisco in 2003.

He shot to fame on the issue of same sex marriages. Within a month of his taking over as Mayor, Newsom issued a directive to the San Francisco city-county clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. In his opinion the California Constitution’s equal protection clause gave him authority to do so.

However, after a very successful political career trouble started with his former deputy chief of staff, Alex Tourk. He alleged Newsom of having had an affair with his wife, Rippey Tourk in 2005. She then worked in the Mayor’s Office as the Mayor’s aide for commission appointments. It was also discovered by San Francisco City attorney in an investigation that Rippey-Tourk had received $ 10,154 as illness pay. However Newsom and others were cleared of all charges later. On 1^st February 2007 Newsom apologized for the affair at a news conference. He is still the Mayor of San Francisco.

Paul Morrison

Paul Morrison switched from the Republican to the Democratic in 2005. He challenged Republican Phill Kline in 2006 for Attorney General of Kansas and won. Morrison took charge of his office on 8th January 2007. However on 14 December 2007 he had to resign in shame for a sex scandal, which involved a former employee while he was Johnson County District Attorney. Paul Morrison was born on 01 June 1954. After schooling he attended Washburn University. He graduated from the Washburn School of Law in 1980. He had a very successful law career for 26 years. After being a Republican, he switched to the Democrats in 2005. On 07 November 2007 he defeated Republican Phill Kline.Soon after his victory rumors regarding his affair with a lady called Linda Carter, who worked as an office administrator in the district attorney’s office, started doing the rounds. Carter alleged that Morrison pressurized her to obtain sensitive information about Kline and filed a claim for sexual harassment with the EEOC. Morrison admitted to the affair but denied that he had tried to obtain sensitive information or sexual harassment. He stepped down from his office on 31 January 2008.

Donald L. Sherwood served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Pennsylvania’s 10th congressional district, from 1999 to 2006. A scathing sex scandal damaged his reputation and eventually led to his defeat in the General Election in November 2006 by Chris Carney.

  Sherwood won the Republican nomination in 1998. He won the general election that year defeating Democrat Patrick Casey by 515 votes. He got re-elected again in 2000. Trouble accosted Sherwood when on 15 September 2004 a woman named Cynthia Ore called the police from the bathroom of his apartment. She alleged Sherwood of chocking her, which he denied. The police due to inadequate information by both parties filed no case. 

Veronica Hannevig, who ran against Sherwood on the Constitution Party ticket in 2004, distributed a copy of the police report to several newspapers and television stations. Sherwood admitted having a five year extra marital affair with Ore but denied abusing her. Ore also filed a lawsuit, which was mutually settled under unknown terms.

Democrat Chris Carney, used the scandal in the re-election to his advantage. He used it in a TV ad and said that it cut at the core values of the district. Sherwood tried to defend himself in a counter TV ad but was eventually defeated by Carney.