{"id":19799,"date":"2020-10-07T15:35:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T15:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/10\/07\/army-reserve-investigating-senate-candidate-lt-col-cunningham-over-affair\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:17:08","slug":"army-reserve-investigating-senate-candidate-lt-col-cunningham-over-affair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2020\/10\/07\/army-reserve-investigating-senate-candidate-lt-col-cunningham-over-affair\/","title":{"rendered":"Army Reserve investigating Senate candidate Lt. Col. Cunningham over affair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Army Reserve officer Lt. Col. James \u201cCal\u201d Cunningham, a Democrat running for a crucial U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina, has been facing public scrutiny over an extramarital affair just weeks away from Election Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, Army officials say they\u2019re also taking a look at the situation involving the 47-year-old married father of two, which could violate rules concerning adultery under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Army Reserve is investigating the matters involving Lt. Col. James Cunningham. As such, we are unable to provide further details at this time,\u201d said Army Reserve spokesman Lt. Col. Simon B. Flake in a statement to Army Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flake was unable to answer follow-up questions, including whether an Army Regulation 15-6 investigation has been opened. But because Cunningham is a reservist, the extramarital affair may not be punishable unless he was serving on active duty at the time of the indiscretions, according to the Reserve Officers Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Text messages first published last week by a conservative website, the National File<\/a>, suggested a personal relationship between Cunningham and a public relations strategist from California named Arlene Guzman Todd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guzman Todd confirmed their relationship went beyond text messages on Tuesday, the Associated Press reported. She told the wire service that her and Cunningham met in-person once in March in Los Angeles and again in July in North Carolina. The July meeting involved an \u201cintimate\u201d encounter, the AP reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\t