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Don Sherwood
Don Sherwood
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Pennsylvania's 10th district
	In office; January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2007
Preceded by	Joe McDade
Succeeded by	Chris Carney
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Born	March 5, 1941 (age 83); Nicholson, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Carol Evans
Residence(s)	Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma mater	Dartmouth College
Occupation	Automobile dealer

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Donald Lewis Sherwood^[1] (born March 5, 1941) is an American politician. He served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district, from 1999 to 2007. He was defeated for reelection by Democrat Chris Carney in November 2006.

Biography

Personal life

Born in Nicholson, Pennsylvania, Sherwood attended Lackawanna Trail High School and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1963, and spent the next two years in the U.S. Army.^[2] He opened a Chevrolet-Pontiac dealership in Tunkhannock and became well known in northeastern Pennsylvania through his ads in the area. He was also one of the original owner principals of Tunkhannock radio station WEMR, which first went on the air in 1986. Though he has since sold the radio station, the car dealership is still owned by his family. He is married and has three daughters.

Sherwood began his political career in 1975, when he was elected to the Tunkhannock Area School Board. He served on this panel for 23 years, the last six as board president.

Congressional career

In 1998, Sherwood won the Republican nomination to replace 10th District Congressman Joseph McDade, who was retiring after serving 36 years in Congress. He barely won the general election that year, edging out Democrat Patrick Casey, son of former Pennsylvania governor Robert Casey, by 515 votes. Some believe McDade's 11th-hour endorsement of Sherwood made the difference, even though Sherwood is considerably more conservative than McDade. He almost certainly got an additional boost from Governor Tom Ridge's landslide reelection victory. Sherwood narrowly defeated Casey again in 2000, most likely helped by George W. Bush narrowly winning the district.

For the better part of half a century, the 10th had been a relatively compact district covering the northeastern corner of the state, stretching just far enough to the south to grab Scranton, by far its largest city. The 10th had long been considered a swing district, though Republicans had held the seat since 1961. Redistricting by the Pennsylvania legislature after the 2000 census made Sherwood's district more Republican. Heavily Democratic Scranton, home to some 60 percent of the district's population, was shifted to the Wilkes-Barre based 11th, already a Democratic stronghold. In its place, the legislature added some more rural territory that had previously been in the heavily Republican 5th District. Sherwood successfully ran for re-election from this new district against third-party candidate Kurt Shotko in 2002 and 2004, in both cases winning with over 80 percent of the vote.

In 2002, he was named to the PoliticsPA list of Best Dressed Legislators.^[3]

Extramarital affair/report of abuse

On September 15, 2004, a woman locked herself inside the bathroom of Sherwood's Washington, D.C. apartment, and called 911 to report she was assaulted. When police arrived, the woman, Cynthia Ore, accused Sherwood of choking her, though he maintained he was only giving her a backrub. No charges were filed because both Sherwood and Ore refused to provide any details. The report of the Washington Metropolitan Police Department stated, "Both parties have left out significant information or are not willing to discuss in detail what actually happened."^[4]

The details of that incident went unnoticed until 2005, when Veronica Hannevig, who ran against Sherwood on the right wing Constitution Party ticket in 2004, distributed a copy of the police report to several newspapers and television stations. Sherwood initially contended that Ore was merely a "casual acquaintance".^[4] He eventually admitted he had a five-year extramarital affair with Ore, but denied abusing her.^[5]

Ore later filed a $5.5 million lawsuit against Sherwood, accusing him of repeatedly assaulting her during their relationship.^[6] On November 8, 2005, Sherwood and Ore ended the lawsuit by reaching a settlement, the terms of which were not released.

On November 3, 2006, the Associated Press reported that a source had revealed the terms of Sherwood's settlement with Ore. The story reports that Sherwood agreed to pay her about $500,000 but a confidentiality clause requires Ore to forfeit some of the money if she talks publicly about the case.^[7] It also reported that Ore had, as of November 3, received only about half of the money and that she would receive the other half after the November 7 election, giving Ore "a powerful incentive for her to keep quiet until after Election Day."

The Ore incident damaged Sherwood’s standing with some Republicans. In April 2006, Martha Rainville, a Republican running for the U.S. House seat in Vermont, announced that she would return a campaign contribution from Sherwood’s political action committee. She cited her belief in "strong family values".^[8] But Sherwood received strong support from Republican leaders for the 2006 Republican primary in his district (see below).

2006 re-election campaign

Primary

In the Republican primary on May 15, 2006, Sherwood was held to 56 percent of the vote against political newcomer Kathy Scott.^[9] Sherwood received 56% of the vote. CQPolitics reported that his "mediocre showing" could be attributed to the admitted affair.^[10] Scott did not file a report with the FEC, which indicates that she spent less than $5,000 in her campaign.^[11]

Prior to the primary, Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum endorsed Sherwood and recorded an automated telephone call on Sherwood’s behalf,^[12] as did President George W. Bush.^[13] Sherwood also received campaign contributions from several political action committees of other Republican members of the House.^[14]

General election

In the general election in November, Sherwood lost to Democrat Chris Carney, a former Defense Department consultant and navy lieutenant commander.

Carney criticized Sherwood's record on the issues, but also ran what the Associated Press described as "a hard-hitting commercial focusing on the [extramarital] affair".^[15] The ad quoted a voter saying, "This incident with Don Sherwood just cuts right at the core values of our district." The background displayed the text "repeatedly choking" and "attempting to strangle plaintiff", taken from the lawsuit filed by Ore against Sherwood.

Sherwood countered with a television ad in which he apologized for his affair with Ore, but denied ever abusing her. Addressing viewers, Sherwood said, "While I'm truly sorry for disappointing you, I never wavered from my commitment to reduce taxes, create jobs and bring home our fair share." He added, "Should you forgive me, you can count on me to keep on fighting hard for you and your family."

Carney defeated Sherwood in the election, 53% to 47%.

References

"Biography of Congressman Don Sherwood". U.S. House of Representatives. Archived from the original on 2006-08-16.

^ Congressional Staff Directory. 2004. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^ Don Sherwood biography, United States Congress. Accessed May 31, 2007.
^ "Sy Snyder's Best Dressed Legislators". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-08-03.
^ ^a ^b "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 9 October 2006.
^ Krawczeniuk, Borys (July 22, 2005). "Sherwood admits to affair with plaintiff". The Scranton Times-Tribune. Archived from the original on May 17, 2007.
^ "Ore v. Sherwood" (PDF). The Scranton Times-Tribune. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-06-17.
^ Rubinkam, Michael (November 2, 2006). "Rep. Paying Ex-Mistress About $500K". The Washington Post. Associated Press. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
^ Krawczeniuk, Borys (April 21, 2006). "Candidate declines Sherwood aid". The Scranton Times-Tribune. Archived from the original on April 30, 2006.
^ Hefling, Kimberly (May 17, 2006). "Four-term congressman survives close race". The York Dispatch. Associated Press. Archived from the original on February 9, 2013.
^ Giroux, Greg (May 17, 2006). "PA House: Murphys Easily Win Primaries; Sherwood Hangs On". CQ Politics. Archived from the original on October 18, 2007.
^ Kaplan, Jonathan E. (May 3, 2006). "Santorum calls to shore up Sherwood". The Hill. Archived from the original on May 14, 2006.
^ "News Archive - The Hill - covering Congress, Politics, Political Camp…". 14 May 2007. Archived from the original on 14 May 2007.
^ "The Times-Tribune". The Scranton Times-Tribune. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2006-05-13.
^ Kamen, Al (October 24, 2005). "Bull's-Eyes on a Generic Nation". The Washington Post.
^ "Congressman apologizes for affair in TV ad". NBCNews.com. Associated Press. October 4, 2006.

External links

Media related to Don Sherwood at Wikimedia Commons

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Joseph M. McDade	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district 1999–2007	Succeeded by Chris Carney
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by Ron Klink as Former US Representative	Order of precedence of the United States as Former US Representative	Succeeded by Lou Barletta as Former US Representative

[1] Congressional Staff Directory. 2004. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

[2] Don Sherwood biography, United States Congress. Accessed May 31, 2007.

[bestdressedlegislators-3] "Sy Snyder's Best Dressed Legislators". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-08-03.

[archive.org-4] "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 9 October 2006.

[5] Krawczeniuk, Borys (July 22, 2005). "Sherwood admits to affair with plaintiff". The Scranton Times-Tribune. Archived from the original on May 17, 2007.

[6] "Ore v. Sherwood" (PDF). The Scranton Times-Tribune. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-06-17.

[7] Rubinkam, Michael (November 2, 2006). "Rep. Paying Ex-Mistress About $500K". The Washington Post. Associated Press. Retrieved November 16, 2017.

[8] Krawczeniuk, Borys (April 21, 2006). "Candidate declines Sherwood aid". The Scranton Times-Tribune. Archived from the original on April 30, 2006.

[9] Hefling, Kimberly (May 17, 2006). "Four-term congressman survives close race". The York Dispatch. Associated Press. Archived from the original on February 9, 2013.

[10] Giroux, Greg (May 17, 2006). "PA House: Murphys Easily Win Primaries; Sherwood Hangs On". CQ Politics. Archived from the original on October 18, 2007.

[11] Kaplan, Jonathan E. (May 3, 2006). "Santorum calls to shore up Sherwood". The Hill. Archived from the original on May 14, 2006.

[12] "News Archive - The Hill - covering Congress, Politics, Political Camp…". 14 May 2007. Archived from the original on 14 May 2007.

[13] "The Times-Tribune". The Scranton Times-Tribune. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2006-05-13.

[14] Kamen, Al (October 24, 2005). "Bull's-Eyes on a Generic Nation". The Washington Post.

[15] "Congressman apologizes for affair in TV ad". NBCNews.com. Associated Press. October 4, 2006.

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-'''Donald L. "Don" Sherwood''' (born March 5, 1941) is an [[United States|American]] politician. He served as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives]], representing [[Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district]], from 1999 to 2007. He was defeated for reelection by [[Chris Carney]] in November 2006.
+'''Donald Lewis Sherwood'''<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/2004summercongre0000unse/page/612/mode/2up|title=Congressional Staff Directory|work=CQ Press|year=2004}}</ref> (born March 5, 1941) is an American politician. He served as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives]], representing [[Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district]], from 1999 to 2007. He was defeated for reelection by [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Chris Carney]] in November 2006.
 ==Biography==
 ===Personal life===
-Born in [[Nicholson, Pennsylvania]], Sherwood attended [[Lackawanna Trail High School]] and graduated from [[Dartmouth College]] in 1963, and spent the next two years in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]].<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001146 Don Sherwood biography], [[United States Congress]]. Accessed May 31, 2007.</ref> He opened a [[Chevrolet]]-[[Pontiac]] dealership in [[Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania|Tunkhannock]] and became well known in northeastern Pennsylvania through his ads in the area.  He was also one the original owner principals of Tunkhannock radio station [[WGMF|WEMR]], which first went on the air in 1986.  Though he has since sold the radio station, the car dealership is still owned by his family.  He is married and has three daughters.
+Born in [[Nicholson, Pennsylvania]], Sherwood attended [[Lackawanna Trail High School]] and graduated from [[Dartmouth College]] in 1963, and spent the next two years in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]].<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001146 Don Sherwood biography], [[United States Congress]]. Accessed May 31, 2007.</ref> He opened a [[Chevrolet]]-[[Pontiac (automobile)|Pontiac]] dealership in [[Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania|Tunkhannock]] and became well known in northeastern Pennsylvania through his ads in the area.  He was also one of the original owner principals of Tunkhannock radio station [[WGMM|WEMR]], which first went on the air in 1986.  Though he has since sold the radio station, the car dealership is still owned by his family.  He is married and has three daughters.
 Sherwood began his political career in 1975, when he was elected to the [[Tunkhannock Area School District|Tunkhannock Area School Board]]. He served on this panel for 23 years, the last six as board president.
 ===Congressional career===
-In 1998, Sherwood won the Republican nomination to replace 10th District Congressman [[Joseph McDade]], who was retiring after serving 36 years in Congress. He barely won the general election that year, edging out [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Patrick Casey (Pennsylvania politician)|Patrick Casey]], son of former Pennsylvania governor [[Robert P. Casey|Robert Casey]], by 515 votes. Some believe McDade's 11th-hour endorsement of Sherwood made the difference, even though Sherwood is considerably more conservative than McDade.  He almost certainly got an additional boost from [[Governor of Pennsylvania|Governor]] [[Tom Ridge]]'s landslide reelection victory.  Sherwood narrowly defeated Casey again in 2000, most likely helped by [[George W. Bush]] narrowly winning the district.
+In 1998, Sherwood won the Republican nomination to replace 10th District Congressman [[Joseph McDade]], who was retiring after serving 36 years in Congress. He barely won the general election that year, edging out [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] Patrick Casey, son of former Pennsylvania governor [[Robert P. Casey|Robert Casey]], by 515 votes. Some believe McDade's 11th-hour endorsement of Sherwood made the difference, even though Sherwood is considerably more conservative than McDade.  He almost certainly got an additional boost from [[Governor of Pennsylvania|Governor]] [[Tom Ridge]]'s landslide reelection victory.  Sherwood narrowly defeated Casey again in 2000, most likely helped by [[George W. Bush]] narrowly winning the district.
-For the better part of half a century, the 10th had been a relatively compact district covering the northeastern corner of the state, stretching just far enough to the south to grab [[Scranton]], by far its largest city. The 10th had long been considered a swing district, though Republicans had held the seat since 1961. [[Redistricting]] by the Pennsylvania legislature after the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] made Sherwood somewhat safer. The legislature shifted heavily Democratic Scranton, home to some 60 percent of the district's population, to the [[Wilkes-Barre]] based [[Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district|11th]], already a Democratic stronghold. In its place, the legislature added some more rural territory that had previously been in the heavily Republican [[Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district|5th District]].  Sherwood successfully ran for re-election from this new, much more Republican district against third-party [[Kurt Shotko]] in 2002 and 2004, in both cases winning with over 80 percent of the vote.
+For the better part of half a century, the 10th had been a relatively compact district covering the northeastern corner of the state, stretching just far enough to the south to grab [[Scranton]], by far its largest city. The 10th had long been considered a swing district, though Republicans had held the seat since 1961. [[Redistricting]] by the Pennsylvania legislature after the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] made Sherwood's district more Republican. Heavily Democratic Scranton, home to some 60 percent of the district's population, was shifted to the [[Wilkes-Barre]] based [[Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district|11th]], already a Democratic stronghold. In its place, the legislature added some more rural territory that had previously been in the heavily Republican [[Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district|5th District]].  Sherwood successfully ran for re-election from this new district against third-party candidate Kurt Shotko in 2002 and 2004, in both cases winning with over 80 percent of the vote.
-In 2002, he was named to the [[PoliticsPA]] list of Best Dressed Legislators.<ref name=bestdressedlegislators>{{cite web| title =Sy Snyder's Best Dressed Legislators|work = [[PoliticsPA]]| publisher =The Publius Group| year = 2002| url = http://www.politicspa.com/FEATURES/best_dressed.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020803093934/http://www.politicspa.com/FEATURES/best_dressed.htm|archivedate=2002-08-03 }}</ref>
+In 2002, he was named to the [[PoliticsPA]] list of Best Dressed Legislators.<ref name=bestdressedlegislators>{{cite web| title =Sy Snyder's Best Dressed Legislators|work = [[PoliticsPA]]| publisher =The Publius Group| year = 2002| url = http://www.politicspa.com/FEATURES/best_dressed.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020803093934/http://www.politicspa.com/FEATURES/best_dressed.htm|archive-date=2002-08-03 }}</ref>
 ===Extramarital affair/report of abuse {{Anchor|Extramarital affair|Scandal}}===
-On September 15, 2004, a woman locked herself inside the bathroom of Sherwood's [[Washington, D.C.]] apartment, and called [[9-1-1|911]] to report she was assaulted. When police arrived, the woman, [[Cynthia Ore]], accused Sherwood of choking her, though he maintained he was only giving her a backrub. No charges were filed because both Sherwood and Ore refused to provide any details. The report of the Washington Metropolitan Police Department stated, "Both parties have left out significant information or are not willing to discuss in detail what actually happened."<ref name="archive.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.cscc04.com/SherwoodaCharmer.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061009200446/http://www.cscc04.com/SherwoodaCharmer.html|title=Untitled Document|archivedate=9 October 2006}}</ref>
+On September 15, 2004, a woman locked herself inside the bathroom of Sherwood's [[Washington, D.C.]] apartment, and called [[9-1-1|911]] to report she was assaulted. When police arrived, the woman, [[Cynthia Ore]], accused Sherwood of choking her, though he maintained he was only giving her a backrub. No charges were filed because both Sherwood and Ore refused to provide any details. The report of the Washington Metropolitan Police Department stated, "Both parties have left out significant information or are not willing to discuss in detail what actually happened."<ref name="archive.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.cscc04.com/SherwoodaCharmer.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061009200446/http://www.cscc04.com/SherwoodaCharmer.html|title=Untitled Document|archive-date=9 October 2006}}</ref>
-The details of that incident went unnoticed until 2005, when [[Veronica Hannevig]], who ran against Sherwood on the [[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution Party]] ticket in 2004, distributed a copy of the police report to several newspapers and television stations. Sherwood initially contended that Ore was merely a "casual acquaintance".<ref name="archive.org"/> He eventually admitted he had a five-year extramarital affair with Ore, but denied [[abusing]] her.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Krawczeniuk|first1=Borys|title=Sherwood admits to affair with plaintiff|url=http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14902498&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6|work=[[The Scranton Times-Tribune]]|date=July 22, 2005|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070517221555/http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14902498&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6|archivedate=May 17, 2007}}</ref>
+The details of that incident went unnoticed until 2005, when Veronica Hannevig, who ran against Sherwood on the right wing [[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution Party]] ticket in 2004, distributed a copy of the police report to several newspapers and television stations. Sherwood initially contended that Ore was merely a "casual acquaintance".<ref name="archive.org"/> He eventually admitted he had a five-year extramarital affair with Ore, but denied [[abusing]] her.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Krawczeniuk|first1=Borys|title=Sherwood admits to affair with plaintiff|url=http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14902498&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6|work=[[The Scranton Times-Tribune]]|date=July 22, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070517221555/http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14902498&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6|archive-date=May 17, 2007}}</ref>
-Ore later filed a $5.5 [[million]] lawsuit against Sherwood, accusing him of repeatedly assaulting her during their relationship.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ore v. Sherwood|url=http://www.scrantontimestribune.com/projects/lawsuit.pdf|work=The Scranton Times-Tribune|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050617230618/http://www.scrantontimestribune.com/projects/lawsuit.pdf|archivedate=2005-06-17|df=}}</ref> On November 8, 2005, Sherwood and Ore ended the lawsuit by reaching a settlement, the terms of which were not released.
+Ore later filed a $5.5 [[million]] lawsuit against Sherwood, accusing him of repeatedly assaulting her during their relationship.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ore v. Sherwood|url=http://www.scrantontimestribune.com/projects/lawsuit.pdf|work=The Scranton Times-Tribune|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050617230618/http://www.scrantontimestribune.com/projects/lawsuit.pdf|archive-date=2005-06-17}}</ref> On November 8, 2005, Sherwood and Ore ended the lawsuit by reaching a settlement, the terms of which were not released.
-On November 3, 2006, the [[Associated Press]] reported that a source had revealed the terms of Sherwood's settlement with Ore. The story reports that Sherwood agreed to pay her about $500,000 but a confidentiality clause requires Ore to forfeit some of the money if she talks publicly about the case.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rubinkam|first1=Michael|title=Rep. Paying Ex-Mistress About $500K|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/02/AR2006110201073.html|accessdate=November 16, 2017|work=[[The Washington Post]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=November 2, 2006}}</ref> It also reported that Ore had, as of November 3, received only about half of the money and that she would receive the other half after the [[United States House of Representatives elections, 2006#Pennsylvania|November 7 election]], giving Ore "a powerful incentive for her to keep quiet until after Election Day."
+On November 3, 2006, the [[Associated Press]] reported that a source had revealed the terms of Sherwood's settlement with Ore. The story reports that Sherwood agreed to pay her about $500,000 but a confidentiality clause requires Ore to forfeit some of the money if she talks publicly about the case.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rubinkam|first1=Michael|title=Rep. Paying Ex-Mistress About $500K|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/02/AR2006110201073.html|access-date=November 16, 2017|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=November 2, 2006}}</ref> It also reported that Ore had, as of November 3, received only about half of the money and that she would receive the other half after the [[United States House of Representatives elections, 2006#Pennsylvania|November 7 election]], giving Ore "a powerful incentive for her to keep quiet until after Election Day."
-The Ore incident damaged Sherwood’s standing with some Republicans. In April 2006, [[Martha Rainville]], a Republican running for the U.S. House seat in [[Vermont]], announced that she would return a campaign contribution from Sherwood’s [[political action committee]]. She cited her belief in "strong family values".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Krawczeniuk|first1=Borys|title=Candidate declines Sherwood aid|url=http://thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16513075&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6|work=The Scranton Times-Tribune|date=April 21, 2006|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060430200030/http://thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16513075&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6|archivedate=April 30, 2006}}</ref> But Sherwood received strong support from Republican leaders for the 2006 Republican primary in his district (see below).
+The Ore incident damaged Sherwood’s standing with some Republicans. In April 2006, [[Martha Rainville]], a Republican running for the U.S. House seat in [[Vermont]], announced that she would return a campaign contribution from Sherwood’s [[political action committee]]. She cited her belief in "strong family values".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Krawczeniuk|first1=Borys|title=Candidate declines Sherwood aid|url=http://thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16513075&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6|work=The Scranton Times-Tribune|date=April 21, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060430200030/http://thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16513075&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6|archive-date=April 30, 2006}}</ref> But Sherwood received strong support from Republican leaders for the 2006 Republican primary in his district (see below).
 ===2006 re-election campaign===
 ====Primary====
-In the Republican [[Primary election|primary]] on May 15, 2006, Sherwood was held to 56 percent of the vote against political newcomer Kathy Scott.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hefling|first1=Kimberly|url=http://www.yorkdispatch.com/pennsylvania/ci_3833177|work=[[The York Dispatch]]|title=Four-term congressman survives close race|agency=Associated Press|date=May 17, 2006|archiveurl=https://archive.li/20130209213053/http://www.yorkdispatch.com/pennsylvania/ci_3833177|archivedate=February 9, 2013|deadurl=yes|df=}}</ref> Sherwood received 56% of the vote. ''[[CQPolitics]]'' reported that his "mediocre showing" could be attributed to the admitted affair.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Giroux|first1=Greg|url=http://www.cqpolitics.com/2006/05/pa_house_murphys_easily_win_pr.html|work=[[CQ Politics]]|title=PA House: Murphys Easily Win Primaries; Sherwood Hangs On|date=May 17, 2006|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018142804/http://www.cqpolitics.com/2006/05/pa_house_murphys_easily_win_pr.html|archivedate=October 18, 2007}}</ref> Scott did not file a report with the FEC, which indicates that she spent less than $5,000 in her campaign.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kaplan|first1=Jonathan E.|url=http://thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/050306/santorum.html|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|title=Santorum calls to shore up Sherwood|date=May 3, 2006|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060514064739/http://thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/050306/santorum.html|archivedate=May 14, 2006}}</ref>
+In the Republican [[Partisan primary|primary]] on May 15, 2006, Sherwood was held to 56 percent of the vote against political newcomer Kathy Scott.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hefling|first1=Kimberly|url=http://www.yorkdispatch.com/pennsylvania/ci_3833177|work=[[The York Dispatch]]|title=Four-term congressman survives close race|agency=Associated Press|date=May 17, 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209213053/http://www.yorkdispatch.com/pennsylvania/ci_3833177|archive-date=February 9, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Sherwood received 56% of the vote. ''[[CQPolitics]]'' reported that his "mediocre showing" could be attributed to the admitted affair.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Giroux|first1=Greg|url=http://www.cqpolitics.com/2006/05/pa_house_murphys_easily_win_pr.html|work=[[CQ Politics]]|title=PA House: Murphys Easily Win Primaries; Sherwood Hangs On|date=May 17, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018142804/http://www.cqpolitics.com/2006/05/pa_house_murphys_easily_win_pr.html|archive-date=October 18, 2007}}</ref> Scott did not file a report with the FEC, which indicates that she spent less than $5,000 in her campaign.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kaplan|first1=Jonathan E.|url=http://thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/050306/santorum.html|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|title=Santorum calls to shore up Sherwood|date=May 3, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060514064739/http://thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/050306/santorum.html|archive-date=May 14, 2006}}</ref>
-Prior to the primary, Pennsylvania [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Rick Santorum]] endorsed Sherwood and recorded an automated telephone call on Sherwood’s behalf,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/050306/santorum.html|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20070514005029/http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/050306/santorum.html|deadurl=yes|title=News Archive - The Hill - covering Congress, Politics, Political Camp…|date=14 May 2007|archivedate=14 May 2007|publisher=}}</ref> as did [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16633822&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719022909/http://thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16633822&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6|dead-url=yes|archive-date=2011-07-19|title=The Times-Tribune|work=The Scranton Times-Tribune}}</ref> Sherwood also received campaign contributions from several political action committees of other Republican members of the House.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/23/AR2005102300948.html|first=Al|last=Kamen|title=Bull's-Eyes on a Generic Nation|date=October 24, 2005|work=The Washington Post}}</ref>
+Prior to the primary, Pennsylvania [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Rick Santorum]] endorsed Sherwood and recorded an automated telephone call on Sherwood’s behalf,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/050306/santorum.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070514005029/http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/050306/santorum.html|url-status=dead|title=News Archive - The Hill - covering Congress, Politics, Political Camp…|date=14 May 2007|archive-date=14 May 2007}}</ref> as did [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16633822&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6|title=The Times-Tribune|work=The Scranton Times-Tribune|access-date=2006-05-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719022909/http://thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16633822&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6|archive-date=2011-07-19|url-status=dead}}</ref> Sherwood also received campaign contributions from several political action committees of other Republican members of the House.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/23/AR2005102300948.html|first=Al|last=Kamen|title=Bull's-Eyes on a Generic Nation|date=October 24, 2005|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>
 ====General election====
 In the general election in November, Sherwood lost to Democrat [[Chris Carney]], a former [[United States Department of Defense|Defense Department]] consultant and [[United States Navy|navy]] [[lieutenant commander]].
-Carney criticized Sherwood's record on the issues, but also ran what the [[Associated Press]] described as "a hard-hitting commercial focusing on the [extramarital] affair".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/15132240/|title=Congressman apologizes for affair in TV ad|work=[[NBCNews.com]]|agency=Associated Press|date=October 4, 2006}}</ref> The ad quoted a voter saying, "This incident with Don Sherwood just cuts right at the core values of our district." The background displayed the text "repeatedly choking" and "attempting to strangle plaintiff", taken from the lawsuit filed by Ore against Sherwood.
+Carney criticized Sherwood's record on the issues, but also ran what the [[Associated Press]] described as "a hard-hitting commercial focusing on the [extramarital] affair".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15132240|title=Congressman apologizes for affair in TV ad|work=[[NBCNews.com]]|agency=Associated Press|date=October 4, 2006}}</ref> The ad quoted a voter saying, "This incident with Don Sherwood just cuts right at the core values of our district." The background displayed the text "repeatedly choking" and "attempting to strangle plaintiff", taken from the lawsuit filed by Ore against Sherwood.
 Sherwood countered with a television ad in which he apologized for his affair with Ore, but denied ever abusing her. Addressing viewers, Sherwood said, "While I'm truly sorry for disappointing you, I never wavered from my commitment to reduce taxes, create jobs and bring home our fair share." He added, "Should you forgive me, you can count on me to keep on fighting hard for you and your family."
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-*{{Cite web |title=Biography of Congressman Don Sherwood |publisher=U.S. House of Representatives |url=http://www.house.gov/sherwood/bio.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060816042322/http://www.house.gov/sherwood/bio.shtml |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2006-08-16}}
+*{{Cite web |title=Biography of Congressman Don Sherwood |publisher=U.S. House of Representatives |url=http://www.house.gov/sherwood/bio.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060816042322/http://www.house.gov/sherwood/bio.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=2006-08-16}}
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-*[http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/16540833.htm "D.C. paper: Sherwood won’t pay half of Ore settlement", Kevin Amerman, ''timesleader.com'', January 25, 2007.]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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