{"id":2650708,"date":"2026-08-27T17:53:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T21:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jimmy-gomez-to-step-aside-as-dads-caucus-chairman\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T17:55:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T21:55:56","slug":"jimmy-gomez-to-step-aside-as-dads-caucus-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jimmy-gomez-to-step-aside-as-dads-caucus-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Gomez to step aside as Dads Caucus chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjimmy-gomez-to-step-aside-as-dads-caucus-chairman%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2650708&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep.Jimmy Gomez (D-CA),currently facing allegations of sexual misconduct and an ongoing inquiry by the House Ethics Committee,has announced he will step down as chairman of the Congressional Dads Caucus. Gomez is running for re-election in California but is facing a primary challenge from a progressive candidate. The decision to step aside was communicated to caucus members prior to reports of gomez being seen kissing a staff member in 2023; he denies any misconduct, asserting actions where consensual.Several caucus members, including Rep. Johnny Olszewski, support Gomez stepping down amid the ethics probe, and reports indicate that some members, like Rep. Jake auchincloss, are leaving the caucus over the controversy. Gomez previously won his primary but will face another Democrat, Angela Gonzales-Torres, in the general election due to California\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-republican-flops-in-primary-after-free-beacon-unearths-anti-semitic-rant\/\" title=\"... ...ublican Flops in ... After Free Beacon Unearths Anti-Semitic Rant\">jungle primary system<\/a>. Despite acknowledging personal mistakes, Gomez denies legal or rule violations.The Democratic Women\u2019s Caucus has called for clarity regarding the ethics investigation before the upcoming election blackout period.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>EXCLUSIVE \u2014<\/strong> Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), the embattled congressman <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4693949\/jimmy-gomez-sexual-assault-ethics-committee\/\">facing allegations<\/a> of sexual misconduct, has been telling members of the Congressional Dads Caucus that he won\u2019t seek another term as its chairman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gomez, who is running against a progressive challenger this fall for his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\">California<\/a> House seat, said in a message to caucus members that he would step aside. He has said the same in at least one individual conversation.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4703425\/embattled-jimmy-gomez-step-aside-dads-caucus-chairman\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Embattled California Democrat to step aside as Dads Caucus chairman<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4703318\/florida-republican-bill-rename-lake-ontario-trump-executive-order-let-it-rip\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Florida Republican to introduce bill to rename Lake Ontario after Trump executive order<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4702882\/chuck-edwards-defense-letter\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Chuck Edwards defends gifts, poetry, and compliments given to female staffers in letter to colleagues<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One source with direct knowledge said those conversations predate the first <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/18\/us-news\/rep-jimmy-gomez-friend-of-of-eric-swalwell-accused-of-kissing-staffer\/\">reports<\/a> that Gomez, a married father of a young child, was seen kissing a staff member from another congressional office in 2023. He informed one member of the Dads Caucus of his plans to step aside \u201cmonths\u201d ago, but after the April report, according to a second source familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gomez has since been <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/08\/19\/politics\/jimmy-gomez-house-ethics-sexual-assault-allegation-invs\">accused of sexual assault<\/a>, an allegation that he denies. The accusation is part of what prompted an investigation by the House Ethics Committee, announced last week,\u00a0and has fanned discomfort among members of the caucus, formed by Gomez and other Democrats as a way for fathers in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"31\">Congress<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-group-aims-to-put-lobbying-power-behind-pro-family-policy\/\" title=\"New Group Aims to Put Lobbying Power Behind Pro-Family Policy\">promote pro-family policies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The office of Rep. Johnny Olszewski (D-MD), who joined the caucus last year, said there will be a \u201ctransition\u201d in leadership at their next meeting, which is not expected until after the November elections. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Olszewski is among the members who support Gomez stepping aside in the new Congress pending the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ethics\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1012\">ethics<\/a> investigation. A second member of the caucus, who spoke on condition of anonymity, also said Gomez should step down as chairman.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those calls follow a Monday <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.notus.org\/congress\/jake-auchincloss-jimmy-gomez-ethics-dads-caucus\">report<\/a> from <em>Semafor<\/em> revealing that Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) was leaving the caucus over the investigation into Gomez.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., arrives with his son Hodge, for an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 23, 2023. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/08\/localimages\/AP23082616343420_230d72-e1787864041993.jpg?w=696&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) arrives with his son Hodge for an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 23, 2023. (Susan Walsh\/AP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gomez placed first in his June primary for another term representing California\u2019s 34th District, a position he has held since 2017, but will face another Democrat, Angela Gonzales-Torres, due to the state\u2019s jungle primary system in November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4700365\/fourteen-vulnerable-house-democrats-took-30k-jimmy-gomez-pac-money\/\"><strong>VULNERABLE DEMOCRATS SILENT ON RETURNING MONEY FROM SCANDAL-PLAGUED COLLEAGUE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gomez has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >acknowledged making \u201cpersonal mistakes<\/a> outside my marriage\u201d but denies that he\u2019s violated the law or broken congressional rules and maintains that his actions were \u201cconsensual in nature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, the leadership of the Democratic Women\u2019s Caucus <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/democraticwomenscaucus.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=820\">called<\/a> on the House Ethics Committee to release the \u201cstatus\u201d of its investigation before a blackout period that traditionally begins 60 days before an election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive: Gomez to step down as Dads Caucus chair amid misconduct claims<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4396,"featured_media":2650709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23082616343420_230d72-e1787864041993.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[84785,50402,5894],"class_list":["post-2650708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-dads-caucus","tag-leadership-2","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23082616343420_230d72-e1787864041993.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2650708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2650708"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2650708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2650712,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2650708\/revisions\/2650712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2650709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2650708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2650708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2650708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}