History's steamiest political sex scandals

POSTED: 07:52 AM PDT Oct 24, 2011 UPDATED: 12:11 PM PST Nov 09, 2012

With CIA Director David Petraeus resigning over an affair, look back at some of the biggest political sex scandals.

Steamiest Politcal Scandals 16 - John Edwards — 16 / 22

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Former Sen. John Edwards admitted on Aug. 8, 2008, that he engaged in an extramarital affair with Rielle Hunter, a filmmaker who produced clips of Edwards' presidential campaign. Edwards fathered a child with Hunter.

Steamiest Politcal Scandals 1 - Clinton grand jury testimony

Steamiest Political Scandals 2 - Thomas Jefferson

Steamiest Politcal Scandals 3 - Strom Thurmond

Steamiest Politcal Scandals 4 - John F

Steamiest Politcal Scandals 5 - Gary Hart

Steamiest Politcal Scandals 6 - Barney Frank

Steamiest Politcal Scandals 7 - Bill Clinton

Steamiest Politcal Scandals 8 - Bob Livingston

Steamiest Politcal Scandals 9 - Gary Condit

Steamiest Politcal Scandals 10 - James McGreevey

Steamiest Politcal Scandals 11 - Ed Schrock

Steamiest Politcal Scandals 12 - Mark Foley

Steamiest Politcal Scandals 13 - Newt Gingrich

Steamiest Politcal Scandals 14 - Larry Craig

Steamiest Politcal Scandals 15 - Eliot Spitzer

Steamiest Politcal Scandals 16 - John Edwards

Steamiest Politcal Scandals 17 - Mark Sanford

Steamiest Politcal Scandals 18 - Chris Lee

Steamiest Politcal Scandals 19 - Arnold Schwarzenegger

Steamiest Politcal Scandals 20 - Anthony Weiner

Steamiest Politcal Scandals 21 - David Wu

Steamiest political scandals Herman Cain

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