From Salon's War Room Blog:
Republican Rep. Don Sherwood [Tunkhannock, 10th District of Pennsylvania], a 64-year-old married man with two grown daughters, is trying to overcome the scandal surrounding his relationship with a 29-year-old woman named Cynthia Ore. Everything was just swell between Sherwood and Ore -- she met him at a Young Republicans meeting in 1999 and was charmed by his "pink, rosy skin" and "big glasses" -- until she called the cops on him in September, alleging that he had begun choking her while giving her a backrub in his Washington apartment. The Times-Leader got word of the incident earlier this month, and now Sherwood has been forced to apologize for causing "pain and embarrassment" to his family. So far, Sherwood hasn't apologized for voting last year in favor of the constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, the measure based on the premise that gay people marrying each other -- and not, say, philandering husbands -- is a blow to the sanctity of marriage.
http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room//index.html
According to
Marge Matisko, an activist with the Luzerne County Republican Party, "The congressman is a family man...When I think about family values, I think about the Don Sherwoods and Rick Santorums of the world. I have complete faith in Congressman Sherwood." LMAO!
According to the Times-Leader, Sherwood helped his mistress get an internship in the office of Republican Congressman Bill Shuster (9th District of Pennsylvania). He even tried to get her an internship in the Bush White House. Now, Sherwood is just referring to her as an "acquaintance."
According to the mistress Ore, Sherwood called her in February (after the September choking incident) and told her "to keep quiet and don't talk to police." Would this constitute obstruction of a police investigation?
Ore has retained legal counsel and is considering legal action against Sherwood. No charges have been filed yet.
(Source: http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/news/11594219.htm)
Here is Congressman's Sherwood contact info:
Website: http://www.house.gov/sherwood/index.shtml
Offices:
Clarks Summit
Abington Shopping Center
1146 Northern Blvd. (Rte 6/11)
Clarks Summit, PA 18411
(570) 585-8190
Sunbury
106 Arch Street
Sunbury, PA 17801
(570) 286-1723
Williamsport
330 Pine Street, Suite 202
Williamsport, PA 17701
(570) 327-8161
Washington, DC
1131 Longworth Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-3731