Rep. Eric Swalwell announced on Sunday, April 12, that he is suspending his campaign for California governor after several women accused him of sexual assault and misconduct.
"I am suspending my campaign for Governor. To my family, staff, friends, and supporters, I am deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I've made in my past. I will fight the serious, false allegations that have been made but that's my fight, not a campaign's," the Democratic congressman said in a statement on X.
The announcement comes after several prominent Democrats withdrew their support for the congressman and called on Swalwell, the Democratic front-runner in the polls, to drop out of California's gubernatorial race. Last week, the San Francisco Chronicle and CNN reported that a woman who had worked in Swalwell's district office accused him of two nonconsensual sexual encounters.
CNN also reported that three other women accused Swalwell of sexual misconduct. He has denied the allegations, calling them "absolutely false" and vowing to fight them.
Swalwell, 45, was first elected to Congress in 2012, representing a Northern California district just outside Oakland, where he was a prosecutor in Alameda County. He was a long-shot candidate in the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries before dropping out and endorsing the eventual winner, Joe Biden.
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