Pastor With Child Convictions Prays for Senate Candidate | Eau Claire News

Eau Claire News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Sep 14, 2026 · 1m

A convicted sex offender with a decades-old criminal history just prayed at a campaign event for North Carolina’s Republican Senate nominee — and it’s blowing up. Pastor Daimon L. King, who’s required to register as a sex offender for life after convictions involving minors, asked for “integrity and honesty” at the rally — irony not lost on voters two months before a pivotal Senate race. Whatley, who’s running on tough-on-crime messaging, now faces renewed scrutiny over his ties to King, even as his team insists he had no prior knowledge of the pastor’s past. This isn’t the first time…