<!-- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ --></p> <p>from <a href=""https://calmatters.org/author/jeanne-kuang/"" title=""Posts" by="" jeanne="" kuang="" class=""author" url="" fn="" rel=""author"">Jeanne Kuang</a>CalMatters</p> <p>This story was originally published by <a href=""https://calmatters.org/"">CalMatters</a>. <a href=""https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/"">Sign up</a> for their newsletters.</p> <p>Congressman Eric Swwell said Monday he will resign his seat in Congress, a day after suspending his campaign for California governor following explosive allegations of sexual assault and misconduct by four women, including a former staff member, published by two news outlets. </p> <p>He said he “will fight the serious, false allegations made against me. However, I must take responsibility and ownership for the mistakes I made.”</p> <p>Swalwell’s campaign collapsed on Friday shortly after the first report <a href=""https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/eric-swalwell-allegations-22198271.php"" type=""link"">the san francisco chronicle</a>in which the unnamed former employee said Swawell asked her for oral sex while she was working for him and twice sexually assaulted her when she was too drunk to consent. The account was corroborated by medical records and by people the woman spoke to after the latest incident, which she said happened in New York in 2024.</p> <p>CNN <a href=""https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/10/us/eric-swalwell-sexual-misconduct-allegations-invs"">later Friday</a> posted the same woman’s account, as well as those of three other women, one of whom said he kissed and touched her inappropriately, and two of whom claimed he sent unwanted nude photos and other inappropriate messages on Snapchat.</p> <p><a href=""https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/04/california-governor-race-swalwell-allegations/"">Dozens of supporters and employees quickly dropped out</a> their support for him. Major unions and congressional candidates withdrew their support.</p> <p>It’s unclear when Swawell will step down, but he said he will work with his congressional staff to ensure they are able to meet the needs of his East Bay district in San Francisco, where he was first elected in 2013.</p> <p>Because he is leaving the race after the state’s deadline to file or withdraw from the race, his name will still appear on the June 2 primary ballot.</p> <p>This article was <a href=""https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/04/swalwell-congress-resignation/"">originally published on CalMatters</a> and is republished under <a href=""https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/"">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives</a> license.</p> <p>
