{"id":9234,"date":"2025-06-21T23:49:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T23:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunnewsusa.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/21\/former-texas-rep-blake-farenthold-who-left-congress-amid-sexual-harassment-allegations-dies-at-63\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T23:49:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T23:49:16","slug":"former-texas-rep-blake-farenthold-who-left-congress-amid-sexual-harassment-allegations-dies-at-63","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunnewsusa.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/21\/former-texas-rep-blake-farenthold-who-left-congress-amid-sexual-harassment-allegations-dies-at-63\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Texas Rep. Blake Farenthold, who left Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, dies at 63"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-0\">\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>Former Rep. Blake Farenthold, who left Congress <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/blake-farentholds-sexual-harassment-settlement-was-paid-using-taxpayer-funds\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">amid sexual harassment allegations<\/a><\/span>, has died. He was 63.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Ray, Farenthold&#8217;s former longtime political consultant, told CBS News in an email Saturday that he &#8220;died because of health reasons.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Farenthold&#8217;s wife, Debbie Farenthold, also confirmed to the Associated Press that he died Friday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">FILE &#8212; Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, leaves the House Republican Conference meeting in the basement of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015. ( )<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Bill Clark\/Roll Call\/Pool<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Farenthold was elected in 2010, upsetting long-serving Democratic Rep. Solomon Ortiz. Seven years later, Farenthold announced that he wouldn&#8217;t seek reelection.<\/p>\n<p>In a video he posted on his campaign&#8217;s Facebook page at the time, he denied a former aide&#8217;s <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/former-staffer-accuses-rep-blake-farenthold-of-harassment-bullying\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">three-year-old accusations<\/a><\/span>, which included that he&#8217;d subjected her to sexually suggestive comments and behavior and then fired her after she complained. He apologized for an office atmosphere he said included &#8220;destructive gossip, offhand comments, off-color jokes and behavior that in general was less than professional.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said in the video that if he stayed in Congress, he would have spent months trying to vindicate himself.<\/p>\n<p>When he left office, Farenthold started his own radio show, which he continued until he died.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Rep. Blake Farenthold, who left Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, has died. He was 63. 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