Anthony Weiner
The Democratic New York congressman admitted June 6 to tweeting lewd photos of himself, a week after he denied it and claimed his account had been hacked. He also admitted to several "inappropriate" communications with other women over the past three years. Weiner, who married an aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2010, had been considered a possible contender in the New York City mayoral race.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
The two-term California governor admitted in May to fathering a child with his longtime housekeeper in an interview with the Los Angeles Times. Despite accusations by several women that he had sexually harassed them, he won the 2003 gubernatorial recall election. The movie star and Kennedy scion Maria Shriver had been married since 1986. They have four children together.
John Ensign
The former Nevada senator announced his resignation in April amid a congressional ethics investigation stemming from his affair with a staffer. In 2009, Ensign admitted that he had an affair with a former aide whose husband also worked for the Republican. It was later revealed that Ensign's parents paid the couple $96,000 after the husband left his job in the senator's office.
Chris Lee
The New York congressman resigned in February after the gossip website Gawker disclosed that the married Republican had e-mailed a shirtless picture of himself to a woman he met through Craigslist. Lee was first elected to Congress in 2008.
Mark Souder
The Indiana Republican resigned his House seat in May 2010, after admitting to an affair with a female aide. The religious conservative, elected as part of the 1994 Republican takeover of Congress, said he "sinned against God, my wife and my family" by having what he described as a mutual relationship with a part-time staffer.
Eric Massa
The New York congressman attributed his March 2010 resignation to his failing health and also admitted that he made inappropriate comments to a male staffer. The House Ethics Committee investigated the Democrat's conduct.
Mark Sanford
The South Carolina governor finished his term after admitting to an affair with an Argentinian woman he called his "soul mate." The Republican admitted to the affair at a hastily arranged news conference hours after returning from Buenos Aires in June 2009. His spokesman had previously said the married governor and father of four young sons went hiking on the Appalachian Trail to unwind.
John Edwards
The former Democratic vice presidential candidate admitted to an extramarital affair with a campaign videographer in August 2008. However, he did not acknowledge paternity of his mistress's child until January 2010. His wife, Elizabeth, died in December 2010 after a long battle with cancer. They had four children together.
Eliot Spitzer
The Democratic New York governor resigned in March 2008 after reports identified him as Client No. 9 in a federal investigation into a prostitution ring. Spitzer apologized to his wife, Silda, who stood by him at the news conference, and their three teenage daughters. He now hosts a talk show on CNN.
Larry Craig
The Republican Idaho senator was arrested June 2007 by police investigating sexual activity in a Minneapolis airport men's room. At a news conference, he said his behavior was misinterpreted and that he was not gay. Later that summer, he said he would resign and then changed his mind and finished out his term.
David Vitter
The married Louisiana senator was linked by phone records to a Washington call girl ring in July 2007. The Republican won 57% of the vote in his 2010 re-election campaign.
Mark Foley
The Florida Republican resigned in September 2006 after being confronted with illicit e-mails and instant messages he allegedly sent to Capitol Hill pages, who are high school students who run errands for lawmakers and learn about Congress.
Jim McGreevey
The Democratic New Jersey governor resigned in November 2004 after admitting to an extramarital affair with a man. He and his wife, Dina, who stood by his side at the news conference, each wrote books detailing the affair.
Newt Gingrich
The former House speaker acknowledged in March 2007 that he had an extramarital affair as he led the charge against President Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair in 1998. The Republican is currently running for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination.
Bill Clinton
In January 1998, the Democratic president told the nation that "I did not have sexual relations with that woman," in reference to charges that he had an affair with 22-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky. He later admitted their involvement and faced an impeachment trial in Congress.
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