Democrats claim to be the party of gender equality, so it comes as no surprise that days after Eric Swalwell resigned from Congress amid multiple sexual misconduct claims, a woman campaigning for Congress has begun facing similar allegations.

Salt Lake City Councilwoman Eva Lopez Chavez is running to represent Utah in the House of Representatives, but her campaign hit a rough patch this week when four women accused her of making unwanted sexual advances.

“If a man had done that to me, would there be a question if it was assault or not?” said Democratic Salt Lake City Councilwoman Victoria Petro. Petro recounted that López Chávez, an out lesbian who describes herself as a “queer Latina,” pushed her against a wall during a September 2022 party and told her, “The only reason I still fuck men is because a woman hasn’t shown me what I really want.”

Democratic Utah state Senator Jen Plumb described an incident in November 2022 when López Chávez pushed her against a wall and asked if she was “sure” she wasn’t attracted to women.

“I’ve got to do some work on why I saw it that way, but I would not be comfortable with someone doing that to my daughter, to my mom, my best friends and I’m not comfortable with it being brushed away anymore,” Plumb told reporters. “López Chávez definitely made a sexual advance.”

Democratic Utah state Representative Hoang Nguyen, who also runs a medical cannabis company and works in an investment group, recounted that during a 2022 campaign event for Plumb, López Chávez asked her for a ride to her car before asking Nguyen to pull over.

News of the allegations quickly spread online. A statement from Lopez Chavez’s attorney, Greg Skordas, said: “She is prepared to address them in any forum. She stands ready to submit to a polygraph test regarding these various allegations if requested.”

Three of the accusers confirmed the claims to a reporter, stating they went public now partly because Chavez was running for office in the U.S. Congress and had previously criticized another politician for crude jokes about sexual battery and domestic violence.

Chavez responded: “Our communities deserve leaders who take these issues seriously — not just in rhetoric but in conduct,” she said in a statement regarding Democrat state Senator Nate Blouin. “We cannot excuse behavior — past or present — that trivializes or undermines the seriousness of sexual violence, assault, and harassment.”