"I am announcing today that I will not seek reelection in 2018,” Rep. Joe Barton said in a Thursday statement. Before the messages were made public, Barton had said he planned to run for an 18th term to the House. But this week, another woman released online messages allegedly showing Barton steering the conversation toward sexual themes. Canon later told The Associated Press that she and Barton exchanged online messages from around 2011 to 2015. "While separated from my second wife, prior to the divorce, I had sexual relationships with other mature adult women," Barton said.

Source: Fox News November 30, 2017 17:56 UTC