Fightin’ Joe Morrissey, a Democrat-turned-independent, won his Henrico district seat Tuesday night just as he had to report back to his jail cell.
Too bad he didn’t have the swagger and quick wit of convicted former Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards, who predicted in 1983: “The only way I can lose this election is if I’m caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy.” Edwards won.
Add a teenage girl to that quote, and take away Edwards’s rakish charm, and you’ve got Morrissey.
Morrissey, in case you haven’t been following his crazy saga, is the delegate who entered an Alford plea last month to a misdemeanor charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Investigators said the 57-year-old legislator was having sex with a then-17-year-old receptionist at his law firm, had nude pictures of her on his phone and allegedly showed those photos to a pal.
She’s now 18 and pregnant. A prosecutor said that Morrissey is “perhaps” the father. The bachelor already has three kids by three women.Joe Morrissey, an ex-Democrat, resigned his seat after being convicted, then ran in the special election of this old seat. He won with 42% of the vote. While in jail. So the voters didn't care at all that the 57 year old was sleeping with a 17 year old. Just so you know, he represents Henrico County, part of the Richmond area.
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