A married Democrat in a close Michigan congressional race is in hot water after it was discovered that his email was used to sign up for an adult dating and casual sex site account.
Records show that his email was discovered among those used to sign up for the dating and sex site. The email came to light as a result of a data leak in which over million users' information was compromised. Despite his involvement with the sex site, he claims in a recent ad that 'I'm just a regular guy,' doing work around the house, 'drinking beer and smoking meat. Hertel, records show, used his personal email to sign up for the account using the grimy username 'Skumdogs' in Curtis Hertel and his wife Elizabeth Hertel.
The couple got married in , four years before the Democrat last accessed his AdultFriendFinders. However, records obtained after the data breach show that he may have last accessed it in , years after his marriage to his wife Elizabeth Hertel. The 'last visit' timestamp is not always accurate because closed accounts could still be searchable.
Still, the conflicting accounts don't deny Hertel's participation in the 'the world's largest sex and swinger personals community. I mow my own lawn and I like to drink beer and smoke meat,' he says. However, his 'regular guy' persona may not paint a full picture of the candidate who in the past took steps towards setting up an account for an extramarital fling. Hertel's campaign did not provide comment to DailyMail. The email associated with Hertel, 'Hertel hotmail.
Most obviously he has that email listed as his contact on a Democratic site called BlueVoterGuide. The scandal comes while Hertel is in a close race to replace Democrat Rep. Elissa Slotkin who is currently running for U. Senate in Michigan. The landing page for AdultFriendFinder. The race for Michigan's 7th District has been identified as one of the most promising races to flip a sear this cycle by the National Republican Congressional Committee.
