Kansas Democrat who admitted to revenge porn wins state House seat

A 20-year-old Kansas Democrat who admitted to circulating revenge porn in middle school has been elected to the state legislature.

Aaron Coleman, who made headlines in August for winning his primary despite his checkered past, was thrown under the spotlight again last week for sending out a threatening tweet directed at Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly.

In the since-deleted post reviewed by the Associated Press, Coleman said Kelly would face an “extremely bloody” primary in two years.

“I’m not playing around,” Coleman wrote in the tweet. “People will realize one day when I call a hit out on you it’s real.”

In an interview with the AP, he acknowledged sending the tweet, but said he meant to say “political hit.”

Coleman last Tuesday defeated two challengers who ran write-in campaigns, including Democratic incumbent Rep. Stan Frownfelter.

State Democrats are already plotting the newly elected state lawmaker’s removal from office.

Democrat Tom Sawyer, the state’s House minority leader, called Coleman’s tweet about Kelly “threatening to the governor.”

Sawyer said once Coleman is sworn in, House Democrats will file a complaint against the 20-year-old and work to gather the votes needed to strip him of his seat.

Coleman told the AP that based on talks with a lawyer, he doesn’t believe he can be removed for an offense that occurred before he officially takes office.

“Until I break the public’s trust and I break my oath of office, you know, you cannot undo the results of democracy,” Coleman said.