Seattle mayor ends reelection bid after abuse allegations
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Date: 2017-05-09

Seattle mayor ends reelection bid after abuse allegations

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray ended his campaign for re-election Tuesday in the face of allegations he sexually abused young men in the 1980s.
 
Murray, a former Democratic state legislator who won office in 2013, faces a lawsuit from a man who claims Murray “raped and molested” him in 1986, when he was just 15 years old. Three other men have since come forward to accuse Murray of abuse, including paying for sex with them while they were minors.
 
Murray has denied the allegations. But in a news conference Tuesday, just days before candidate filing opens ahead of November’s elections, he said he would not seek a second term.
 
“It tears me to pieces to step away,” Murray said.