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Lauren Gambino in Los Angeles

Eric Swalwell quits California governor race after sexual assault allegations

Man in suit sits at table
Eric Swalwell on Capitol Hill last year. Photograph: Annabelle Gordon/Reuters

Representative Eric Swalwell, the Democratic frontrunner in the fiercely contested race to be governor of California, has suspended his campaign amid a series of sexual assault and misconduct allegations by a former staff member and at least three other women.

The woman who worked for Swalwell said the California congressman had sexually assaulted her twice when she was too inebriated to consent, according to a report by the San Francisco Chronicle, which was published on Friday.

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