JACKSON, Miss., July 17 (UPI) -- Leisha Pickering alleges in a lawsuit her husband, former U.S. Rep. Chip Pickering, had an affair that destroyed their marriage and his political career.
Pickering's wife alleges in a lawsuit in Hinds County, Miss., the Mississippi Republican's affair with Elizabeth Creekmore-Byrd cost him the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Trent Lott in 2007, the Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger said Friday.