The midterm elections are just five weeks away.
And here with a look at some key races is Desi Lydic.
Thanks, Trevor. When it comes to the midterms,
it's easy to focus on all the talented, diverse,
qualified candidates running,
but tonight, I'm gonna mix things up
and talk about the bad boys of 2018.
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Let's start in California's 50th district,
with five-term Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter,
who, fun fact, was the second congressman
to endorse Donald Trump for president.
Now, Hunter made his bad boy name in 2016
when he-- no joke-- vaped in Congress.
But as it turns out, being Congress' first ever
convicted vapist is just the tip of his rap sheet.
California Congressman Duncan Hunter
and his wife pleaded not guilty today to charges they used
a quarter-million dollars in campaign funds
for personal expenses.
TV REPORTER: Grabbing campaign money for things like
a $14,000 vacation to Italy, golf outings,
the congressman even paid airfare for a pet rabbit.
LYDIC: You heard that right, plane tickets for a rabbit.
Which, let's be honest, is clearly something only
a guy whose killed a rabbit by FedEx-ing it would do.
But stealing over 250 grand in campaign money
would be a serious crime.
So if you're Duncan Hunter, what do you do?
That's right, you blame your wife.
Gave her power of attorney, and she handled my finances
throughout my entire military career,
and that continued on when I got into Congress,
'cause I'm gone five days a week; I'm home for two.
-Right. -So, uh, and she was also the-the cam,
the campaign manager, so what-whatever she did,
that-that'll be, uh, that'll be looked at, too, I'm sure.
Ah, it's true what they say:
"Behind every great man is a woman covered
in bus tread marks."
Anyway, polls have Hunter winning by eight points.
And, believe it or not, Duncan Hunter is only one
of two congressmen indicted this year.
The other, fellow Republican Chris Collins,
who, fun fact, was the first congressman
to endorse Donald Trump for president.
Republican Congressman Chris Collins,
refusing to drop out of his race
after being indicted for insider trading.
TV REPORTER: He allegedly tipped his son to dump stock
in an Australian drug company that he sat on the board of.
Video uncovered by CBS News appears to show Collins
on his phone at the moment prosecutors say
he gave inside information to his son.
Wow. Caught on camera allegedly insider trading.
This is why we need cameras everywhere.
Yet, Dave & Buster's has a serious problem
with me setting up toilet cameras.
So sexist.
Now, this could effect Collins' chances,
but don't forget, he represents the 27th District of New York,
which is home to the Buffalo Bills stadium.
So his constituents are these guys.
(indistinct shouting, screaming)
(whooping)
Yeah, they're good with it.
So two GOP incumbents, two very bad boys.
But for my money, the baddest boy of the 2018 midterms
is the Democrat running in Georgia's deep red
14th Congressional District.
Meet Democratic nominee Steve Foster.
He checks all the bad boy boxes:
Investigated for allegedly stealing military boats,
and associated with cocaine trafficking.
Check and check.
Stripped of his medical license. Check.
Ran a nudist colony. Eggplant check.
And on top of all that,
he's currently campaigning from a jail cell.
TV REPORTER: Democrat Steve Foster of Dalton
could still be in jail come election day.
Foster says he has no intention to quit the race
after a judge sentenced him
to six months in jail for drunk driving.
TV REPORTER: In newly released dashcam video of his arrest,
you can hear Foster telling officers he prayed
that God would curse the county.
OFFICER: Yes, sir. Well...
Holy shit, this guy still thinks he can win.
I've never been to Steve Foster's nudist colony,
but I can tell you right now he's got massive balls.
Back to you, Trevor.
Desi Lydic, everyone.