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Who is John Merrill’s wife Cindy?
JOHN Merrill has confirmed he will not join the 2022 Alabama senate race after he was exposed for having an affair.
The politician has admitted that he cheated on his wife for three years.
John Merrill was re-elected as secretary of state in 2018.[/caption]
Who is John Merrill’s wife Cindy?
John and Cindy have been married for more than 30 years.
On their 28th wedding anniversary, John Merrill tweeted: ’28 years ago today, Cindy Benford & I were married @ Calvary Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa.
‘That decision has made all the difference for me.’
Cindy is a life-long educator and the former principal of Westwood Elementary School in Coker, Alabama.
He admitted to having an extramarital affair.[/caption]
The two got married in May of 1985, and have two children together.
Brooks, 28, lives in New York working with the Chick-fil-A corporation, and Allie Grace, 25, is an International Flight Attendant with American Airlines.
Why is John Merrill making headlines?
Alabama Secretary of State John Merill announced that he will not seek elected office when his term ends in 2022 after admitting that he had had an inappropriate relationship with Cesaire McPherson, a 44-year-old legal assistant from Montgomery for three years.
He at first denied the allegations claiming that was lying and attempting to harass him because of his public position.
Cesaire then shared a 17-minute phone recording of the two discussing their sexual relationship with AL.com.
In the 17 minute recording John confessed he needs to summon ‘help from the Lord’ to end the affair with Cesaire.[/caption]
John was forced to admit to the affair due to the release of the phone recording and explicit text messages confirming the relationship.
In a statement made following the exposure of the affair, John said he would focus on becoming a better man:
“I will obviously not be a candidate for the United States Senate nor will I be seeking any other elected position in 2022, because I think it’s important to me to make sure that I become the man that I have been before and that I am working to put myself in the position to be the leader that I have been before, as a husband, as a father, as a friend, and as an elected official.”
Who is John Merrill?
John is currently serving as the secretary of state of Alabama.
Before that, the Republican politician served in the Alabama House of Representatives from 2010 through 2014.
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He was considered to be a strong contender for the 2022 Alabama senate race before the confirmation of his affair.
The news is seen as ironic to some due to John’s public complaints about the lack of morality in American culture today saying: “The foundational principles which we have grown up as a nation are no more.”
He went on to say: “people are too interested in homosexual activities. They’re too interested in the wife swap TV shows and the shows that are not morally uplifting.”
