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   Brandy H.M. Brooks, a progressive activist running for Montgomery   
   County Council, is taking a two-week break from her campaign amid   
   allegations that she sexually harassed a member of her campaign   
   staff. She said she behaved inappropriately with an employee but   
   denied perpetuating a “pattern of sexual harassment.” She says she   
   does not plan to withdraw from the election.   
      
   Brooks, 45, said she told a full-time paid member of her campaign   
   staff that she had a “romantic and sexual attraction” to them in   
   January, adding at the time that she did not want them to respond   
   because she wasn’t ready to be rejected.   
      
   The now former employee, who is 27 and uses they/them pronouns, said   
   Brooks’s behavior continued for months and that Brooks eventually   
   told them that she did not know if they could continue working   
   together, though she had earlier indicated that if elected, she   
   would consider them for her chief of staff.   
      
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