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House Race Is Shaken by Report of an Affair

Oct. 13, 2008
Tim Mahoney, the Florida Democrat who succeeded Mark Foley after he resigned amid a sex scandal, is now embroiled in a sex scandal of his own.
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Scandal-plagued Democrat loses in Fla.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Nov. 5 (UPI) -- First-term Democratic Florida Rep. Tim Mahoney, dogged by sexual scandal, lost his seat Tuesday.
More allegations against Mahoney surface

More allegations against Mahoney surface

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- More allegations have arisen in the sex scandal surrounding Rep. Tim Mahoney, D-Fla., accusing him of not revealing the breadth of the transgressions.

House launches Mahoney ethics probe

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Members of the U.S. House of Representatives Ethics Committee say they will question Rep. Tim Mahoney, D-Fla., about sexual harassment allegations.
Mahoney says re-election bid still on

Mahoney says re-election bid still on

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Rep. Tim Mahoney, D-Fla., said he will pursue his re-election despite a sex scandal observers say has damaged his chances of keeping his seat.

Claim: Mahoney paid mistress $121K

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep Tim Mahoney, D-Fla., allegedly agreed to pay $121,000 to a former mistress who threatened to sue, current and former employees said.

House lawyers hang on to Foley computers

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. House of Representatives lawyers are refusing to turn former Rep. Mark Foley's computers over to Florida investigators.

Foley, Coulter sit out congressional vote

PALM BEACH, Fla., Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Two of Florida's most notorious Republicans contributed to the Democratic victory in this week's congressional elections by failing to vote.

DeLay: Republicans got a 'Texas whupping'

SECACUS, N.J., Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Former U.S. House Republican Leader Tom Delay says Republicans got a "Texas whupping" in Tuesday's midterm elections.

Democrat wins Foley's Fla. House seat

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A Democrat, Tim Mahoney, has captured the U.S. House seat vacated by Florida Republican Mark Foley, who resigned amid scandal five weeks ago.

Signs to advise voters in Foley's district

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Voters in Florida's 16th Congressional District will have signs at polling places to remind them that votes for Mark Foley actually will go to Joe Negron.
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch