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PHOTOS: Public officials in the news

Friday, August 5, 2016
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was embroiled in a prostitution scandal that derailed his political aspirations
Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, pleaded guilty plea in a restroom sex sting.
The bathroom at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport in Minneapolis where U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, was arrested in a sex sting
The late former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford actually grew in popularity after a scandal broke about his use of crack cocaine
Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford famously disappeared from his state for five days in 2009 and then came forward saying he'd had an affair
New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner admitted to having illicit online exchanges with women even after he resigned from Congress amid a sexting scandal.
Former Mayor and DC City Council member Marion Barry was arrested in 1990 and charged with possession of crack cocaine
Anthony Silva, the mayor of Stockton, CA, was charged with providing alcohol to minors last summer at a youth camp he runs.
John Edwards' affair with Rielle Hunter -- that resulted in a child named Quinn -- ended Edwards' political career
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New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was embroiled in a prostitution scandal that derailed his political aspirations
AP Photo/New York Daily News, James Keivom

A look back at some public officials who got headlines for all the wrong reasons.

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