Retired lawyer and Democratic candidate for Kansas’s 3rd Congressional District, Andrea Ramsey, dropped out of the race on Friday after allegations of sexual harassment surfaced from 2005. Ramsey was running as a 2018 challenger of Republican Rep. Kevin Yoder.
Ramsey is an Emily’s List-backed candidate, a group that funds women running for elected office in an effort to fight for abortion rights.
The allegations were published in the Kansas City Star and were followed by Ramsey’s announcement less than an hour later, despite releasing a statement denying the allegations against her.
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According to the Star, Ramsey was accused of sexual harassment, making sexual advances on a business trip, which resulted in retaliation against a male subordinate, Gary Funkhouser, in 2005. The company where she was vice president of human resources at the time, LabOne, reached a settlement with Funkhouser in 2006.
In her statement defending herself, the scenario she describes of secrecy and being offered no chance to defend herself or confront her accuser sounds all-too-familiar in the current climate.
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Emily’s List-backed Democratic Candidate Drops Out of Congressional Race Over Sexual Harassment Allegations https://t.co/2JY8X3Qkmt
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