Congressman Mark Souder

Posted by Yahoo! News: Top Stories on 23 May 2010 under News AP - Hawaii’s newest member of Congress hopes to be quickly sworn in this week after his special election victory. Sphere: Related Content See also . . . Ind. GOP Rep. Souder says he’ll resign over affair (AP)"AP - Indiana Rep. Mark Souder — an evangelical Christian who promoted abstinence education and was known for his outspoken views on religion..."GOP’s Souder latest Ind. congressman to bow out (AP)"AP - Indiana's...Read Full Story

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