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February 1, 2016      10:06 AM

Infidelity website emerges as issue in Texas House race

Rep. Workman blasts challenger Jay Wiley as immature for Ashley Madison membership; Wiley says he is a victim of identity theft

A Republican Texas House candidate is responding to sharp criticism born out of the fact that his personal information was revealed as part of last year’s massive data breach of a website designed to help married people cheat on their spouses.

Jay Wiley, the GOP challenger to Rep. Paul Workman, R-Austin, is publicly defending himself because it turns out that his old email address, his former physical address, and his credit card information were used in 2009 to sign up for a membership on the website Ashley Madison. The site billed itself as an enabler of extramarital affairs: “Life is short. Have an affair,” the site said in promotional materials. As you may have read, the website was hacked last year, ultimately resulting in the release of user information of millions of the site’s members.

Wiley’s information was among them.  

"It’s a matter of maturity and judgement," Rep. Workman said of his opponent.

But Wiley’s campaign insists to Quorum Report that this is an identity theft scenario and he is working diligently to clear his name.

By Scott Braddock