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Kansas Democrat, 19, Who Admitted to Revenge Porn, Ekes Out Primary Win
Aaron Coleman, 19, narrowly won a Democratic primary for a seat in the Kansas Legislature. His acknowledgement that he harassed girls online when he was in middle school has alarmed state Democrats.Credit...Aaron Coleman via, Youtube
By Maria Cramer
- Published Aug. 19, 2020Updated Aug. 25, 2020
Aaron Coleman admitted that he harassed girls online when he was in middle school. He called one sixth-grade girl fat and told her she should kill herself.
Seven years ago, he told another girl, who was 13 at the time, that he would circulate a naked photo of her if she didn’t send him more nude images. When she refused, she said, he followed through on his threat.
“They’re accurate,” Mr. Coleman, 19, said of the women’s claims.
On Monday, Mr. Coleman, a dishwasher and community college student, was declared the winner of a Democratic primary for a seat in the Kansas House of Representatives, defeating the incumbent, Stan Frownfelter, by 14 votes. The final count was 823 to 809.
What would have been a story about a young upstart taking down a seven-term incumbent during a period of nationwide youth activism has instead alarmed Democratic state leaders, who said they were worried that Mr. Coleman’s acknowledgment of his troubled past and other comments he made during the campaign would hurt their party's chances in competitive races.