Gibson's campaign was marred by controversy after it was disclosed that she had been raising campaign funds through explicit performances on the adult website Chaturbate. Despite the scandal, Gibson refused to suspend her campaign, but ultimately lost to Republican David Owen by a slim margin.
Gibson's electoral defeat on Tuesday suggests a peak in her political career. The voters in Virginia, it appears, were less inclined to embrace Gibson's unconventional approach to politics, instead favoring the conservative message of businessman David Owen. Owen campaigned on a platform of bringing "common sense" to the Richmond-area district, which includes Goochland County. Meanwhile, other Democrats in Virginia, who maintained a more traditional campaign strategy, managed to retain the State Senate and gain control of the House of Delegates.
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The controversy surrounding Gibson's campaign escalated when recordings of her explicit performances, under the alias "HotWifeExperience," became public. Gibson responded by accusing Republicans and media outlets of distributing "revenge porn." She and her attorney vowed to pursue a law enforcement investigation, but no charges were subsequently filed.
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In one of her Chaturbate sessions, Gibson was recorded saying, "Yeah, you can watch me pee. Let me block a few people and then y'all can watch me pee if you tip me and some tokens again I'm raising money for a good cause." The Washington Free Beacon has published an uncensored opposition research document containing links to these videos.
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As the campaign neared its end, Virginia Democrats distanced themselves from Gibson, who had previously received the "Family Friendly Seal of Approval" from the left-wing organization Family Friendly Virginia. Senator Mark Warner (D., Va.), who had endorsed Gibson before the revelations about her pornographic activities, stated that he had only "met Ms. Gibson once."
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Similarly, Senator Tim Kaine (D., Va.) commented, "I don’t really know her that well."
During one of her performances, Gibson revealed that she and her husband, attorney John David Gibson, were in an open marriage. "I’ve had three in a day actually. Don’t tell my husband he was the third. I would say ethically non monogamous but I guess that three in one day was not," Gibson said during the same performance. "I would just say I love men and I love sex and he comes in here so I fucked the guy that I had been fucking and we are still friends."
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