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Kansas Congress hopeful drops out over 2005 harassment suit
Friday, December 15th 2017, 1:04 PM CST
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A former executive running for Congress in Kansas has dropped out of the race over a 2005 federal lawsuit accusing her of sexually harassing a male employee whom she supervised.
Andrea Ramsey has called off her campaign following allegations that she harassed Gary Funkhouser. Ramsey was seeking the Democratic nomination in the Kansas City-area 3rd District and hoped to challenge incumbent Republican Kevin Yoder next year.
She said the national Democratic Party declined to support her over the lawsuit, filed by Funkhouser. Ramsey was a vice president, and Funkhouser said he was fired after rebuffing her sexual advances.
Court records show the case was dismissed after settlement talks in 2006.