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Felons cannot vote in the United States, but a record can’t stop
someone from running for a seat in Congress. Ex-Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards
might be the latest lawmaker to hit the campaign trail after a scandal, but he
is hardly the first.
Welcome
to U.S. News’ "Convicts for Congress: a brief history."
Former Rep. Mel Reynolds, D-Ill.: He was a rising
star in the Democratic Party, a Harvard graduate and former Rhodes Scholar when
he won his bid for Congress in 1992. However, Rep. Mel
Reynolds’ congressional career was brief. In 1994, just a few months
before his first run for re-election, the congressman was accused of
engaging in a sexual relationship with an underage campaign volunteer. While
the scandal overshadowed his race, Reynolds denied the charges and kept
campaigning. He ran unopposed for his seat and won re-election. A year later,
Reynolds was convicted of obstruction of justice, sexual assault and
solicitation of child pornography. He resigned from the House of
Representatives and served more than seven years in prison on the sex abuse
charges and a series of fraud convictions. President Bill Clinton commuted the
end of his fraud sentence.
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