Man Who Attacked Former US Senator Martha McSally Given Suspended Sentence

‘I chose to fight. ... He tried to take power from me, but I turned it on him, he ran from me,’ McSally said.

Former Sen. Martha McSally of Arizona is followed by a man while jogging at Tom Hanafan River’s Edge Park in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Nov. 8, 2023. Courtesy of Council Bluffs Police Department

A man who attacked a former U.S. senator as she ran along a riverside park in Iowa last year was given a suspended one-year jail sentence on Thursday.

Dominic Henton, 26, pleaded guilty to assaulting Martha McSally, a former senator from Arizona, as she ran along the Missouri River in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Nov. 8, 2023. His sentence will be followed by two years of probation.