So-called “porn Dem,” Susanna Gibson, lost her Virginia House of Delegates race on Tuesday after webcam videos of her having sex with her husband became public.
Republican businessman David Owen defeated Gibson by fewer than 1,000 votes. final results showed.
Gibson’s race was one of the most watched during Tuesday’s off-year elections after she became embroiled in an eyebrow-raising scandal involving sex acts with her husband being live-streamed for tips.
Her district was also rated one of the seven most competitive in the Commonwealth, when Virginia’s Republican governor, Glenn Youngkin, attempted to retain the House of Representatives and flip the Democratic Senate to pass a fifteen-week abortion ban. to feed.
Democrat Gibson fell short, but so did Republican Youngkin, who lost control of the House of Representatives and failed to flip the Senate, meaning he will face divided government for the next two years , killing any kind of conservative agenda.
In September, The Washington Post reported that 40-year-old Gibson performed live-streamed sex acts for tips on the site Chaturbate with her husband
She was on the ballot against David Owen (pictured), a Republican businessman, in one of the seven most competitive races for the Virginia House of Representatives
Gibson is photographed by DailyMail.com outside her Henrico, Virginia home in the days following news that she and her husband had live-streamed sex for tips
Gibson and Owen’s race was one of the last to be called.
In September, The Washington Post reports this that Gibson, a 40-year-old nurse, and her husband, attorney John David Gibson, performed live-streamed sex acts on the site Chaturbate, a contraction of chatting while masturbating.
More than a dozen of those videos ended up on a secondary site, Recurbate, in September 2022 and were discovered by Republican operatives.
In one of the leaked clips, Gibson tells her husband, “I’ll let you fuck me doggy style in a private room if anyone wants to pay. That’s the deal.’
Gibson told the audience that she has an open relationship with her husband, although he “doesn’t like to share,” adding that the money requested was “for a good cause.”
DailyMail.com captured Gibson days after the scandal broke, wearing Daisy Dukes and a tank top outside her home in Henrico, Virginia.
In a statement, Gibson called the unmasking “an illegal invasion of my privacy designed to humiliate me and my family.”
“It won’t intimidate me and it won’t silence me,” the candidate continued. “My political opponents and their Republican allies have proven that they are willing to commit a sex crime to attack me and my family because there is no line they will not cross to silence women when they speak out.”
In September, it was reported that Gibson (right), a 40-year-old nurse, and her husband, attorney John David Gibson (left), performed live-streamed sex acts on the site Chaturbate.
Despite the scandal, Gibson did not back down and her House of Representatives focused on the issue of abortion
Virginia’s Republican governor, Glenn Youngkin, has pledged to implement a 15-week abortion ban if the General Assembly turns Republican
Gibson used her background in health care to center the race on abortion rights.
Ahead of Election Day, Virginia Republicans sent mailers to voters in the district reminding them of Gibson’s X-rated scandal.
The mailers contained screenshots of Gibson’s live-streamed pornographic videos and said, “Warning: Explicit material included” and “Do not open if under 18.”
A statement from Gibson’s campaign condemned the Republicans’ actions.
“David Owen and the Virginia Republican Party are trying to distract voters from their extreme agenda to ban abortion, defund schools, and give violent criminals access to weapons of war,” the report said.
“The voters are tired of these desperate attacks and will not be misled by them. Nothing will ever deter her dedication to our community,” the statement said.