Arrest, indictment, complaint, allegation, plea, conviction, dismissal, and appeal are not interchangeable. This site uses the narrowest supported description.
Every case located under the stated office and prominence rules in open-web research—not a claim that no other record exists.
THE PARTY DIVIDE
Two columns. One evidentiary standard. Party placement reflects the officeholder’s public party affiliation where established; municipal offices may be formally nonpartisan.
LEFT COLUMN
DEMOCRATS
RIGHT COLUMN
REPUBLICANS
NOT USED
FORMALLY NONPARTISAN MUNICIPAL OFFICE
Dennis “Denny” Doyle
Mayor of Beaverton, Oregon · Federal possession charge · 2022
Former mayor charged by federal criminal information with possession of child pornography, including images of children under 12. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six months in federal prison, five years of supervised release, and restitution. The mayor’s office is treated here as formally nonpartisan rather than forcing a party label.
DOJ / guilty plea →METHOD / 01
THE RULES
Cases are included when a person held one of the named offices and was arrested or formally criminally charged with a sex-related offense between 1976 and 2026. The prominence test keeps the list focused on titles a child would recognize and mayors with substantial regional or national visibility. One labeled exception: Donald J. Trump is included on a civil court’s sexual-abuse liability finding and the judge’s published characterization of it as rape — his card states plainly that there was no arrest, criminal charge, or criminal conviction.
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THE LANGUAGE
“Pedophile” and “sex offender” are not editorial shortcuts here. The cards say what the record supports: alleged, charged, indicted, pleaded guilty, convicted, dismissed, or affirmed. A dropped charge is not a conviction.
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THE LIMIT
This is research, not a live court docket. Open-web archives can be incomplete, paywalled, sealed, inconsistently indexed, or overtaken by later developments. Read the linked primary records and reporting before drawing conclusions.
SOURCE DESK
REFERENCES
60 CITATIONS IN FULL REPORTThe full research report consolidates House Historian records, DOJ releases, court opinions, official state documents, AP/Reuters/NPR, and major newspaper archives. Reddit was treated only as a lead source—not proof.
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