Eric Swalwell Suspends Campaign for Governor Amid Sexual Assault Accusations

Congressman Eric Swalwell‘s run for governor of California has come to a screeching halt … amid allegations of sexual assault.

Swalwell made the announcement on X, writing, “I am suspending my campaign for Governor.”

He continued … “To my family, staff, friends, and supporters, I am deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I’ve made in my past. I will fight the serious, false allegations that have been made — but that’s my fight, not a campaign’s.”

While his gubernatorial ambitions are dashed, Swalwell did not address whether he would step down from Capitol Hill altogether.

As you know … Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, and some of Swalwell’s staff have been calling for him to step down from the race for California governor after a former staffer spoke to CNN on the condition of anonymity and said she went to a bar with Swalwell and blacked out.

She says she does remember a snippet of that evening … when Swalwell was on top of her. She says she tried to push him off, but he kept going anyway.

Swalwell has completely denied the accusations against him.