John Laesch was one of the sharpest, most fearless and most dedicated congressional candidates Blue America ever got behind. John ran against powerful, unassailable Speaker of the House Denny Hastert in 2006 and again in 2008 (although Hastert was forced to resign from Congress as the campaign season started heating up).
Maybe Fox was just prescient-- instead of stupid or partisanWhen Mark Foley was forced to resign, in the midst of a shocking sex scandal just before the 2006 election, no one would have imagined he would ever run for office again-- no, one that is, except for people who know Mark Foley. He needed some time off.
Kolbe and FoleyFormer eleven-term Congressman Jim Kolbe (R-AZ) has been "living in sin" with his Panamanian lover, Hector Alfonso, for eight years. Today they will legally wed at the Cosmos Club in DC.
