This is Levi Lovell, field director for Republican Rep. Rodney Davis in Illinois’ 13th congressional district.
Levi was arrested yesterday for aggravated assault after things got physical while he was filming a campaign event of Rep. Davis’ opponent, Betsy Dirksen Londrigan:
Late last night, Springfield police arrested and charged @RodneyDavis’ field director Levi Lovell with aggravated battery. He’s still behind bars this morning. Multiple witnesses told me he shouted in @BetsyforIL’s face and punch someone at her campaign event at JP Kelly’s.
— Mark Maxwell (@WCIA3Mark) August 16, 2018
Mugshot:
Mug shot of @RodneyDavis’ field director Levi Lovell arrested for aggravated assault. @WCIA3 has obtained video of the incident. Lovell chased @BetsyforIL & her husband around the bar asking menacing questions until he was asked to leave. That’s when he started throwing punches. pic.twitter.com/kviFvJj6zi
— Mark Maxwell (@WCIA3Mark) August 16, 2018
There’s video of the altercation inside the bar where Lovell aggressively questioned Londrigan and her husband:
Video shows a drunk, belligerent Levi Lovell pestering @BetsyforIL and her husband at a campaign fundraiser. Bartenders and staff asked him to leave. He trolls them as “discriminating” against him because he’s black. View is obstructed, but it appears at least one punch landed. pic.twitter.com/eNgIVxkLxe
— Mark Maxwell (@WCIA3Mark) August 16, 2018
The pushing and shoving continued once Lovell was escorted out of the bar:
Pushing and shoving continues outside where @RodneyDavis’ field director demands to be allowed back inside. Perhaps ironically, this is precisely the sort of hooligan Davis says would upstage a town hall if he ever held one. Lovell previously interned for @RepShimkus, @GovRauner. pic.twitter.com/E1O0kWSGtL
— Mark Maxwell (@WCIA3Mark) August 16, 2018
Lovell has since been fired by the campaign:
Just in from @RodneyDavis’ campaign manager: “As soon as I was made aware of the incident, his employment was immediately terminated. This campaign has a zero-tolerance policy for harassment or violence of any kind.” https://t.co/PLmb0hSXYG
— Mark Maxwell (@WCIA3Mark) August 16, 2018
The Cook Political Report lists the IL-13 as “Lean Republican.”
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