New York Daily News

Sex-rap GOPer won’t run again

- Jessica Schladebec­k Terence Cullen

REPUBLICAN Rep. Blake Farenthold said he would not seek reelection in 2018 following several allegation­s of sexual harassment and inappropri­ate behavior from former staff members.

The scandal-plagued Texas congressma­n added he would serve out the remainder of his term and has vehemently denied the accusation­s against him, according to ABC.

His decision comes after the House Ethics Committee earlier this month said it would investigat­e whether he sexually harassed a former staffer.

Lauren Greene, Farenthold’s communicat­ions director who was fired from the office in 2014, went on to file a lawsuit, claiming he told her had “sexual fantasies” about her. Politico earlier this month reported he settled that 2015 suit for $84,000 in taxpayer money. THE WIDOW of Kentucky lawmaker Dan Johnson, who killed himself Wednesday amid sexual-assault allegation­s, plans to run for her husband’s seat.

“Dan is gone, but the story of his life is far from over,” Rebecca Johnson said Thursday. “These high-tech lynchings and half-truths can’t be allowed to win the day.”

Johnson, 57, fatally shot himself Wednesday night after his fellow state representa­tives called on him to resign when a woman, then 17, said Johnson forced himself on her in the basement of his home on New Year’s Eve 2012.

Johnson also made questionab­le claims that he was at Ground Zero on 9/11.

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