Oregon Gubernatorial candidate and wife were swingers

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Stan Pulliam, a leading GOP candidate for governor in Oregon, has acknowledged he and his wife previously explored an open relationship.

Pulliam is currently the mayor of Sandy, which is a city of roughly 10,000 located just south and east of Portland. In 2016, the 40-year-old joined the 536-member “Swinger Facebook Group PDX.”

His status as a swinger became part of the race this past week after a screenshot of a message he posted in the group made its rounds online.

“I think people can relate from all different parts of the state who have been involved in marriages,” Pulliam said. “There are different stages of marriage and different ebbs and flows. This is something that was for a brief period in our past and is in the past.”

He also expressed that he is not ashamed of his and MacKensey’s endeavors.

“In Oregon, we really cherish values of individuality and liberty,” Pulliam said. “The decisions that we made were for MacKensey and I to make in the privacy of our own homes.”

Pulliam also said he and MacKensey have received an outpouring of support, and also denied that he is bisexual while speaking with the Week.

“I’m a heterosexual male,” Pulliam said. “And I’ve only personally engaged in heterosexual activity.”

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