The 19-year-old candidate for the Kansas Legislature who admitted to sending revenge porn and bullying girls online when he was in middle school said Tuesday that he was breaking his pledge to withdraw as the Democratic nominee. Days after Mr. Coleman won the unlikely victory, he withdrew, saying he wanted to focus on caring for his family. But on Tuesday, Mr. Coleman said he was back in the race. “I obviously did not expect to have my entire personal life, especially what I did in middle school, put under that kind of national microscope,” he said. He said supporters had urged him to stay in the race and had told him that “all of us have sinned.”

Source: New York Times August 25, 2020 21:52 UTC