Rep. Fiedler Says She Plans to Wed Top Aide
Rep. Bobbi Fiedler plans to marry the top aide with whom she has been indicted for allegedly trying to bribe state Sen. Ed Davis to drop out of the Republican primary campaign for the U.S. Senate, she said Wednesday in Washington.
Fiedler, 48, a divorcee with a son and a daughter, told United Press International in her Capitol Hill office that a white-gold diamond ring on her left hand was given to her by Paul Clarke, with whom she lives. She called it “a ring of personal commitment from somebody I care very much about.”
Fiedler said she and Clarke, 39, have worked together for 10 years “in an environment where all of the people in the press knew us; they knew of our relationship.”
The Northridge Republican said they hope to marry after the campaign.
Fiedler reiterated her denial that she and Clarke offered a $100,000 bribe to the campaign of Davis to induce him to drop out of the Republican primary, scheduled in June.
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