US EditionIllinois congressional candidate admits ‘ill-advised’ dates with student in 2004
Daniel Biss's campaign called the 2004 relationship with a former student ill-advised after she shared her experience days before the Illinois 9th District primary election.
- On Tuesday, Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss admitted to an "ill-advised" 2004 relationship with former student Megan Wachspress, hours before Illinois voters cast ballots in the 9th Congressional District Democratic primary.
- Wachspress, a Stanford Law School lecturer, alleged on Monday that Biss fostered a close relationship while she was a student, sending non-academic emails and later asking her to "meet up, socially" after the course ended.
- A campaign spokesperson confirmed that Biss, then 26, dated the 20-year-old student after her course concluded, stating he "realized then, as he does now, that it was ill-advised, and he ended it."
- Despite the late-breaking disclosure, Biss won Tuesday's Democratic primary, defeating a field of over a dozen candidates including leftist contender Kat Abughazaleh, who received 20 percent support.
- Biss advances to November's general election as the favorite to win the seat held by U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky, though the disclosure raises questions about the relationship's future political impact.
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Congressional Frontrunner Admits to 'Ill-Advised' Relationship with Former Student Hours Before Polls Open
Daniel Biss, the mayor of Evanston, Ill., confirmed on the eve of his Democratic House primary in Illinois that he had a brief relationship with a former student while teaching at the University of Chicago in 2004
Did Illinois Dems Just Rebuke Wokeness? – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
Daniel Biss is not my kind of politician, and if you’re reading The American Spectator, he likely isn’t yours either. The mayor of Evanston, Illinois, Biss ran for the Democratic nomination in the state’s 9th congressional district. On Tuesday, March 17, he was declared the winner of the state’s Democratic primary, having received a 29.5 percent plurality over a splintered field. It would have been an entirely unremarkable result if it weren’t f…
Daniel Biss affair: a failed attempt at #MeToo 2.0
On Tuesday night, Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss won a closely contested Democratic primary in Illinois’s 9th Congressional District. In doing so, he survived a last-minute accusation of sexual misconduct which in previous years could have derailed his campaign. Biss was the frontrunner in the race when Megan Wachspress, a Stanford Law School lecturer, alleged in a Bluesky post this week that he had previously initiated an inappropriate romantic rel…
Democrat Congressional Candidate Admits to Misconduct Just Hours Before Polls Open
Daniel Biss, the mayor of Evanston and a leading candidate in the Democrat primary for Illinois’ 9th Congressional District, has admitted to allegations of past misconduct. The post Democrat Congressional Candidate Admits to Misconduct Just Hours Before Polls Open appeared first on Slay News.
Illinois congressional candidate admits ‘ill-advised’ dates with student in 2004
Daniel Biss (D), the mayor of Evanston, Ill., who is running for Congress, went on a “handful of dates” with a former student while teaching at the University of Chicago in 2004, his campaign disclosed on Monday just as voters prepared to head to the polls. The revelation came after Megan Wachspress, a Stanford University lecturer…
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