March 27, 2007: Ronald Reagan's budget director, David Stockman, "indicted on charges of defrauding investors and banks of $1.6 billion while chairman of Collins & Aikman Corp., an auto parts maker that collapsed days after he quit"

March 27, 2007: Criminal charges filed against Pennsylvania State Senator Robert Regola (R-Hempfield) in connection with the death of a teenage neighbor who was shot with the senator's gun; he is accused of three counts of perjury, allowing possession of a firearm by a minor, recklessly endangering another person and false swearing

March 23, 2007: Former Deputy Interior Secretary J. Steven Griles, an oil and gas lobbyist who became an architect of George W. Bush's energy policies, pleads guilty to obstructing justice by lying to a Senate committee

March 8, 2007: Former U.S. Congressman and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich admits to extramarital affair

March 6, 2007: I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney (R-Dante's Inferno) found guilty of obstruction of justice and perjury

January 29, 2007: Republican former Jefferson County, Colorado, Treasurer Mark Paschall indicted on two felony charges "in connection with an allegation that Paschall solicited a kickback from a bonus he awarded one of his employees"

January 23, 2007: Republican radio personality Scott Eller Cortelyou of Denver arrested on suspicion of using the Internet to lure a child into a sexual relationship

December 8, 2006: Alaska Republican State Representative Thomas Anderson indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of extortion, conspiracy, bribery, and money laundering

November 29, 2006: Washington-state Republican activist Larry Corrigan arrested "in an Internet sting for allegedly trying to arrange sex with a 13-year-old girl"

November 28, 2006: U.S. Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-San Diego) pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud and tax evasion, and a separate tax-evasion violation for failing to disclose income in 2004

November 12, 2006: Minnesota State Representative Mark Olson (R-Big Lake) arrested on suspicion of domestic abuse

October 14, 2006: Kurt Zuttermeister, Republican candidate for the Hawaii state House, arrested for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol and driving without a valid driver's license; it was his third drunk driving arrest since 1997 and he was found guilty in the earlier cases

October 13, 2006: Congressman Bob Ney (R-OH) pleads guilty to taking bribes in the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling scandal

October 4, 2006: U.S. Congressman Don Sherwood (R-PA) admits to cheating on his wife, though he denies having abused his mistress, which she has alleged

September 29, 2006: Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL) resigns from the U.S. Congress following reports he sent sexually inappropriate e-mails to underage male congressional interns

September 27, 2006: Colorado Republican activist Randal D. "Randy" Ankeney arrested for "five counts of sexual assault on a child, three counts of sexual enticement of a child and one count of sexual exploitation of a child"

August 25, 2006: Shirley Ward, president of the Tennessee Federation of Republican Women, arrested on charges of voter fraud by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

July 24, 2006: Republican Green Oaks, Illinois, Mayor Tom Adams charged with distributing child pornography over the Internet

July 20, 2006: Tennessee Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Albertini arrested on suspicion of public intoxication

May 11, 2006: Governor Ernie Fletcher (R-KY) indicted on three misdemeanor charges of conspiracy, official misconduct and political discrimination

April 19, 2006: Former North Carolina Republican Party Chair, Sam Currin, indicted on seven felony charges, including tax conspiracy, witness tampering and perjury

March 1, 2006: Matthew R. Sisk, a member of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee, arrested for drunk driving

January 3, 2006: Republican mega-fundraiser Jack Abramoff pleads guilty to fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy to bribe public officials

December 16, 2005: James Tobin, regional political director to the Republican National Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee in the 2002 election, convicted of "two telephone harassment charges for his role in a phone-jamming plot against New Hampshire Democrats on Election Day 2002"

October 27, 2005: Ohio Republican Party Fundraiser Tom Noe indicted for "allegedly making illegal campaign contributions using conduit contributors"

September 28, 2005: U.S. Congressman and House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) indicted "on a conspiracy charge stemming from a long-running campaign finance investigation"

September 18, 2005: Republican Oswego, New York, Mayor John Gosek is "confined to his house after being arrested on a charge of using a telephone to solicit sex from a minor"

August 17, 2005: Republican Ohio Governor Bob Taft indicted on "four criminal misdemeanor counts for failing to report a series of golf outings, dinners and other gifts"

July 11, 2005: Kentucky's Republican Party chairman and two state officials indicted "on charges alleging they conspired to violate state personnel laws" - "Basil Turbyfill is in charge of filling political positions for Fletcher, and Bob Wilson is part of the governor's Personnel Cabinet. GOP Chairman Darrell Brock was director of local government in Fletcher's office before he took the party job this year."

May 19, 2005 (in PDF): Michael Tristano, former Chief of Staff to Illinois State Representative and House Republican Leader Lee A. Daniels (R-Elmhurst), indicted on federal fraud, theft and extortion conspiracy charges

September 21, 2004: Three aides to U.S. Congressman and House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) indicted "on charges of illegally raising political funds from corporations in 2002, much of which was funneled into the Republican takeover of the Texas legislature" - the three indicted were DeLay political aide Jim Ellis, fundraiser Warren RoBold and John Colyandro, the executive director of DeLay's political action committee, Texans for a Republican Majority