Arizona congressional candidate reports rape while repairing campaign signs

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Bernadette Greene-Placentia, a Democrat running for Congress in a suburban Phoenix district, said Wednesday that she was raped in August while repairing a campaign sign at night, eventually filing a police report with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.

According to CBS affiliate KPHO , Greene-Placentia told police she was walking back to her vehicle after fixing a campaign sign in Sun City, a suburb of Phoenix, when she was hit in the head. Greene-Placentia said when she regained consciousness, she was being held down and sexually assaulted by a man, the report said.

Another man then allegedly sexually assaulted her while she fought back by kicking her feet, the report said.

She recalled one of the men saying "Democratic b****," the police report said.

The assault was first reported to the Phoenix New Times . Greene-Placentia, who the paper said is a long-haul trucker who moved to Arizona's 8th District in 2017, told the New Times that she told her husband and the campaign the next day.

In a statement, Greene-Placentia's campaign said she came forward "because she knows many survivors struggle in silence, and she hopes that by speaking about her experience, others will know they are not alone."