Announced in December 2017 that he would “step back” from his
campaign for a congressional seat after allegations that he behaved inappropriately toward female employees and campaign aides.
Announced in February 2018 that he would not run. In January 2019,
the Senate Democratic caucus hired a law firm to look in to a
woman’s claim that Leach had coerced her into a sex act in 1991 when
she was age 17 and he was a 30-year-old attorney defending her
mother in a criminal case. Leach sued the woman and two others for
defamation. A Democratic lawmaker has circulated a letter calling
for Leach’s expulsion.