Congressional candidate drops out of race after sex harassment suit surfaces
Andrea Ramsey
Andrea Ramsey  a Democrat vying to unseat Republican Rep. Kevin Yoder   dropped out after The Kansas City Star asked  her  about a 2005 lawsuit that claimed  she  sexually harassed a subordinate  Gary Funkhouser  at LabOne  a firm where  she  was a vice president of human resources.
 Ramsey  56  of Leawood  Kan.   was not named as a defendant in the suit against LabOne but was mentioned in it several times.  She  denied the charges.
The suit was settled in 2006  but  Ramsey  said  she  was unaware of that and would have opposed settling  the newspaper reported.
 Ramsey  was one of several Democrats seeking to be on the ballot for the Kansas City-area district in next yearâs midterm elections.
 She  had been endorsed by Emilyâs List  a womenâs group that has raised more than $500 000 to help female candidates who support abortion. The group later pulled the endorsement.
[TGT] dropped out after The Kansas City Star asked   [TGT]   about a 2005 lawsuit that claimed   [TGT]   sexually harassed a subordinate  Gary Funkhouser  at LabOne  a firm where   [TGT]   was a vice president of human resources.
  [TGT] 56  of Leawood  Kan.   was not named as a defendant in the suit against LabOne but was mentioned in it several times.   [TGT]   denied the charges.
The suit was settled in 2006  but   [TGT] said   [TGT]   was unaware of that and would have opposed settling  the newspaper reported.
  [TGT] was one of several Democrats seeking to be on the ballot for the Kansas City-area district in next yearâs midterm elections.
  [TGT]   had been endorsed by Emilyâs List  a womenâs group that has raised more than $500 000 to help female candidates who support abortion. The group later pulled the endorsement.