Contrite ex-mayor eyes political comeback after scandal ousted him in Cambridge

Former Cambridge Mayor Andrew Bradshaw, who resigned in early 2022 due to a revenge porn scandal, is trying to get his old job back.

Bradshaw is one of three candidates who filed in recent days to enter the October election for mayor of the Eastern Shore city. He’ll face Cambridge Commission President Lajan Cephas and former Cambridge Commissioner La-Shon Foster. The incumbent, Stephen Rideout, chose not to seek a full four-year term.

Bradshaw, a 35-year-old local businessman, was elected mayor in 2020, but became engulfed in scandal just a year into his term. He quit after being charged by the state prosecutor’s office on 50 counts of distributing revenge porn on a social media website.

After pleading guilty in April 2022 to five counts of distributing revenge porn, Bradshaw was sentenced to three years of supervised probation and fined $5,000. He was also ordered to complete 100 hours of community service and pay $750 to the woman he posted nude photos of online without her knowledge or consent.




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