NOW THIS: Literal Sex Offender Running For Major City’s Council On ‘Safety’ Platform

February 25, 2026

From Daily Caller: Rene Campos, a registered sex offender, has launched a campaign to represent Fresno, California’s District 7, ABC30 reported Wednesday.

The candidate, who was initially charged with a felony count of possessing child sexual abuse material, only served 27 days in prison according to court records, with the rest of his sentence being served as “treatment” or rehabilitation.

Campos says his campaign will focus on safety. He told ABC30 he has “experienced the laws” his team is “trying to reform.”

“They say let’s choose somebody outside the box, somebody who knows the system from inside out,” Campos said in the interview, “because me, I’ve experienced the laws that we are trying to reform right now.”

Asked for additional comment, Campos told the Daily Caller News Foundation, “I know what it means to face consequences.”

“I also know what it takes to rebuild. When a 15-year-old believes his life is over because of a mistake, that is more than a headline — it’s a test of whether our system balances accountability with prevention and long-term safety,” Campos told the DCNF. “Protecting children means enforcing consequences, reducing repeat harm, and building policies that prevent more damage in the first place. Public safety must be about outcomes, not outrage.”

A registered sex offender, Rene Campos, is running for the Fresno City Council after pleading no contest to possessing child sexual material.

He says he should be chosen as an "outsider" because he knows the laws voters want to "reform."

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Rene Campos, a literal registered s*x offender who was charged for possession of child p**n, is running for Fresno City Council

Wtf is going on in California pic.twitter.com/YfHxPoXDD3

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