NewBostonPost recently covered five Massachusetts Democrats who kept their jobs after OUI arrests.
Other Democrats have faced alcohol-related charges or allegations over the years. Some cases involved driving. Others involved alleged assaults.
Here are five more.
1. Greg Hanley
The Boston Globe reported allegations that Hanley drunkenly punched an Elks patron in 2018. The case ended without charges after a settlement.
Hanley still serves as a Plymouth County commissioner.
2. Jeromie Whalen
Jeromie Whalen challenged U.S. Rep. Richard Neal in this year’s Democratic primary.
Police arrested Whalen in Florida in 2006 after he allegedly assaulted a hospital security guard while drunk, the New York Post reported. Prosecutors did not pursue the case.
Whalen disputed the account. He said he was trying to refuse treatment and leave the hospital.
He also acknowledged a 2010 impaired-driving incident in Amherst. His pickup truck crashed into bushes near a house.
Whalen said he lost his license and had to take classes. He said he learned from his mistakes.
3. Anthony Galluccio
State Sen. Anthony Galluccio pleaded guilty in December 2009 to leaving the scene of a crash that injured a father and his 13-year-old son.
The Cambridge Democrat’s probation required him to avoid alcohol and undergo testing.
Three days after his plea, Galluccio failed two breath tests.
He denied drinking and blamed his toothpaste.
Judge Matthew Nestor rejected that explanation. He found Galluccio violated his probation and sentenced him to a year in jail in January 2010.
4. Paul Kujawski
Police arrested state Rep. Paul Kujawski in August 2004 after motorists reported erratic driving.
The Webster Democrat faced charges that included drunken driving, disorderly conduct and open and gross lewdness.
Police said Kujawski urinated in public during the stop.
A later account reported that the court suspended his license for 45 days, required alcohol treatment and ordered him to pay $250 in court costs.
Kujawski won reelection that fall.
5. Ted Kennedy
U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy drove off a bridge on Chappaquiddick on July 18, 1969. His passenger, 28-year-old Mary Jo Kopechne, died in the submerged car.
Kennedy escaped. He waited roughly 10 hours to report the crash to police.
He pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident causing bodily injury. The judge gave him a suspended two-month jail sentence.
Kennedy denied driving under the influence of alcohol. His guilty plea concerned leaving the scene, not OUI.
Years later, Kennedy faced an allegation of drunken misconduct at a Washington restaurant.
GQ reported in 1990 that Kennedy allegedly grabbed waitress Carla Gaviglio in December 1985, threw her onto a table, then onto Sen. Chris Dodd’s lap, and rubbed his genital area against her.
The magazine described both senators as drunk. Gaviglio confirmed the account’s accuracy to GQ. Another waitress provided an eyewitness account.
Kennedy’s spokesman declined to address the allegations, citing the senator’s policy against commenting on such reports.
