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   Roll Call quoted former Bates aides in October 1988 saying that the   
   San Diego Democrat made sexual advances toward female staffers.   
   Bates called it a GOP-inspired smear campaign, but also apologized   
   for anything he did that might have seemed inappropriate. The story   
   came too close to Election Day to damage Bates, who won easily.   
   However, the following October the ethics committee sent Bates a   
   “letter of reproval” directing him to make a formal apology to the   
   women who filed the complaint. Although the district was not thought   
   to be hospitable to the GOP, Randy “Duke” Cunningham, a former Navy   
   pilot who was once shot down over North Vietnam, ousted Bates in   
   1990 by fewer than 2,000 votes.   
      
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