Hillary and Tina cover former Alabama Secretary of State, John Merrill. John Merrill pushed conservative policies as Alabama’s Secretary of State starting in 2015. BUT when news of his extramarital affair broke, the scandal led to his decision not to run for reelection. Sources Hillary's Story Al.com Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill admits affair, won’t run for U.S. Senate: ‘There’s no excuse’ (https://www.al.com/news/2021/04/alabama-secretary-of-state-john-merrill-admits-affair-wont-run-for-us-senate-theres-no-excuse.html) Phone recording of Alabama Secretary of State trying to end extramarital affair (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt0BT5P6xyo) - from Al.com via YouTube Sex, lies and the Alabama secretary of state: The fall of John Merrill (https://www.al.com/news/2021/04/sex-lies-and-the-alabama-secretary-of-state-the-fall-of-john-merrill.html) Slate Top Alabama Republican John Merrill is extremely outraged at affair allegations before a 17-minute tape emerged. (https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/04/alabama-republican-john-merrill-extramarital-affair-senate-race.html) Tuscaloosa News Former Alabama secretary of state John Merrill joins engineering firm (https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/news/2023/02/03/former-alabama-secretary-of-state-john-merrill-joins-engineering-firm/69866816007/) Washington Post Confronted with leaked phone call, Alabama Republican John Merrill admits to affair, drops Senate bid (https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04/08/alabama-john-merrill-affair-senate/) Wikipedia John Merrill (American politician) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Merrill_(American_politician)) Photos John Merrill (https://compote.slate.com/images/9487a9a0-242a-40df-9546-3fd77067e0c0.jpeg?crop=3000%2C2000%2Cx0%2Cy0&width=1440)--by Joe Raedle via Slate John Merrill and Donald Trump (https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/24390419/20211205/095755/styles/raw/public/processed_images/Screen%20Shot%202021-12-05%20at%208.57.36%20PM.png?width=726)--from Merrill's Facebook via Patch Merrill Admits to Affair (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG8tRsOAj7k)--screenshot from Fox News 10 via YouTube