In a stunning one-two punch over the last 48 hours, East Bay Congressman Eric Swalwell has suspended his bid for California governor and says he will resign his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. The moves come amid a rapidly escalating scandal involving multiple allegations of sexual misconduct and assault from women, including former staffers.

The wheels are coming off Eric Swalwell’s once-dominant campaign for California governor. Just days after unverified social media rumors began circulating, the San Francisco Chronicle dropped a bombshell investigative report featuring the first on-the-record accuser: a former Swalwell staffer who says the longtime Democratic congressman sexually assaulted her on two separate occasions — once while she worked for him in 2019 and again in 2024 after she had left his office.