• Brant Tomlinson — South Carolina, 2018A Republican candidate for a council seat in Kershaw County, Mr. Tomlinson stayed in the race after photos emerged of him in blackface in 2008, when he was a college student. Mr. Tomlinson made it to a runoff in his party’s primary before being defeated. • Hal Patton — Illinois, 2018The former mayor of Edwardsville, Ill., was a third-party candidate running for a State Senate seat when a decade-old photo surfaced showing him dressed as a “rapper” in blackface. Mr. Patton apologized for the costume, calling it a “bad choice,” and stayed in the race, but was defeated in the general election. Mr. Gatti made it into a runoff with another Republican but was ultimately defeated.

Source: New York Times February 02, 2019 23:26 UTC