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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative Mark Souder, a self-proclaimed evangelical Christian, said on Tuesday that he had an affair with a female staffer and would resign, effective on Friday."I'm resigning rather than put my family through a painful drawn out process," Souder said at a hastily called news conference in his home district in Fort Wayne, Indiana.Souder likely faced an investigation by the House of Representatives ethics committee if he did not step aside.In a...Read Full Story
Mark Souder, a Republican congressman from Indiana, has announced that he will resign his seat over an affair with a female aide. Fox News identified Souder’s mistress as Tracy Jackson, a “part-time aide who worked in his northern Indiana district office.”
“Jackson is still on staff,” Fox News reported. “She is described as being in her mid-40s and married. Jackson handled communications for Souder in the district and periodically travelled with him.” Read full story at The Huffington Post...Read Full Story
Indiana Republican Rep. Mark Souder announced Tuesday he would resign from Congress, effective Friday, because he had an affair with a staffer.Souder said in a statement provided by his office that he has "sinned against God, my wife and my family by having a mutual relationship with a part-time member of my staff."He scheduled a news conference in Fort Wayne on Tuesday to discuss his decision.Souder won a bruising Republican primary on May 4 to be nominated for his ninth term representing...Read Full Story
Indiana's eight-term Rep. Mark Souder will resign today as allegations that he had an affair with female aide Tracy Jackson have set off a media firestorm.
Multiple sources confirm that the extent of the extramarital affair with Jackson, 45, would have placed Souder at the mercy of the House Ethics Committee.
Originally elected as a family values conservative as part of the Republican revolution in 1994, Souder survived a challenging re-election campaign in 2008 and emerged from a contested...Read Full Story
Mark Souder held his seat from Indiana in the House of Representatives for eight terms until it was revealed that he engaged in a sexual relationship with a staff member from his district office. The scandal prompted the Congressman’s resignation [...]
Former Indiana Congressman Mark Souder (SOW'-der) is recovering from surgeries he underwent in Iowa for gall bladder troubles ... Souder went to the emergency room with intense abdominal pain on March 23 while returning to his Fort Wayne ...
Former Indiana Congressman Mark Souder is back home after undergoing emergency surgery in Iowa for gall bladder troubles. Souder tells The Journal Gazette that he and his wife arrived back in Fort Wayne on Wednesday night after he spent 11 nights at the ...
(Indiana's NewsCenter) -- Former Indiana Congressman Mark Souder is back home, recovering from emergency surgery. Souder was in an Iowa ... "I had intense abdominal pain, For a number of reasons, based upon an X-Ray I believe, they feared ...
Representative Mark Souder is from the 3rd District of Indiana. Souder is a member of the Republican Party. Mark Souder serves on three Congressional committees. You can reach his office in DC at telephone number 225-4436.