Officials convicted of child sex crimes

A curated, citation-required record of U.S. elected and appointed officials — local, state, and federal — who have been criminally convicted of child sex crimes. Every case links to a primary source. You can inspect each data point yourself.

Convictions in this list, by party

Standing convictions only. Curated subset — not a total count.

  • Republican3 cases
  • Democrat8 cases
  • Independent0 cases

Which bar is bigger?

Same data, framed as the head-to-head people ask about — with the caveat above.

  • Republican3 cases
  • Democrat8 cases

Breakdown by level of office

Local, state, and federal differ enormously in number of officeholders and in how much coverage convictions receive — another reason raw bars across levels are not directly comparable.

Federal

  • Republican0 cases
  • Democrat2 cases
  • Independent0 cases

State

  • Republican2 cases
  • Democrat4 cases
  • Independent0 cases

Local

  • Republican1 case
  • Democrat2 cases
  • Independent0 cases
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