{"id":911096,"date":"2026-06-07T15:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T20:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/democrat-primary-candidate-drops-out-after-admitting-mail-theft\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T15:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T20:14:12","slug":"democrat-primary-candidate-drops-out-after-admitting-mail-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/democrat-primary-candidate-drops-out-after-admitting-mail-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Primary Candidate Drops Out After Admitting Mail Theft"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

A Democrat dropped out of his primary race after he was caught on video taking campaign literature from a potential voter\u2019s mailbox, WDRB reported<\/a> Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Former Democratic Kentucky State Rep. candidate Max Morley is a former public school teacher who \u201cworked on several high-profile political races\u201d and was previously elected to the Kentucky Education Association teacher\u2019s union board, according to a December campaign press release<\/a>. Morley can be seen removing an opponent\u2019s campaign material from homeowner Doronda Sutherland\u2019s mailbox in security footage posted to Facebook. (RELATED: Teacher Wins Union Race After Allegedly Abusing Child<\/strong>)<\/a><\/p>\n

Morley and Sutherland did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur [LMPD] Sixth Division has taken a report, and their investigation is ongoing,\u201d the Louisville Metro Police Department told the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n

Max Morley was running to challenge Democratic Kentucky State Rep. Daniel Grossberg before the former candidate admitted to stealing the mail, according to WDRB.<\/p>\n

Grossberg faces multiple sexual misconduct allegations<\/a> that prompted an ethics investigation, the removal of his committee assignments, and Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear\u2019s request for his resignation, Kentucky Public Media reported<\/a> Friday.<\/p>\n

Grossberg denied those allegations, instead \u201cblaming his autism\u201d for the interactions and accusing party officials of antisemitism, according<\/a> to Kentucky Public Media.<\/p>\n

Louisville Democratic Party Vice Chair Rosalind Welch said she was \u201cdisturbed\u201d by the footage of Morley, and called it an example of \u201cvoter suppression at its finest,\u201d\u00a0 WHAS11 reported<\/a> Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cDistrict 30 deserves a Representative they can trust and believe in. After much reflection, I have decided to end my campaign for State Representative,\u201d Morley announced<\/a> in a May 13 Instagram post.<\/p>\n

\u201cCampaigns can be demanding and deeply personal, and along the way I lost sight of what mattered most: serving our community with the focus, judgement, and integrity it deserves,\u201d Morley said.<\/p>\n

All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact\u00a0li*******<\/span>@***********************<\/span>on.org<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Raleigh Culton
Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Democrat dropped out of his primary race after he was caught on video taking campaign literature from a potential voter\u2019s mailbox, WDRB reported Wednesday. Former Democratic Kentucky State Rep. candidate Max Morley is a former public school teacher who \u201cworked on several high-profile political races\u201d and was previously elected to the Kentucky Education Association<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":911097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2212,1186],"tags":[6502,9396],"class_list":["post-911096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-democrat","category-primary","tag-democrat","tag-primary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=911096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/911097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=911096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=911096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=911096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}