Former Drug Dealing Congressional Candidate Says State Senator Was Customer

Current Revolt has slid into her DMs and is awaiting a reply.

Update 12:43pm: Current Revolt was able to connect with Lauren Pena and she stated she did not engage in sexual activities for cash, she just sold drugs.

A Republican candidate for congress in TX37 located in the Austin area has a troubling background and even more troubling allegations about a sitting Texas Republican politician.

Lauren Pena, also known as Lauren Mason, is an Austin resident who is running as a Republican for TX-37, a traditionally D+24 district located in the Austin area.

Lauren Pena, who is not actually Hispanic, claimed on a podcast that when she was aproximately 19 years old she worked at a strip club and performed prostitution acts and sold cocaine. She also claimed that she did these acts with an unnamed Texas State Senator and that he paid for these things with taxpayer dollars.

In the video above, Pena claims a sitting Texas State Senator was a “frequent flyer” of hers and would pay for drugs and sex acts with a state credit card.

The interviewer asks her to name the politician but she refuses, stating that she could face legal ramifications but would be open to anyone asking her through private messages.

Current Revolt reached out to Pena several times both through X and her campaign website but never received a response back.

Update 12:43pm: Current Revolt was finally able to connect with Lauren Pena, she stated that the video above was cut and edited and does not accurately reflect her story.

Besides drugs and prostitution, Pena’s past also includes a list of traffic violations.

Hays County:

• Speeding

• Driving while license invalid

• Violating promise to appear

• Failure to maintain financial responsibility

City of Austin:

• Failure to maintain financial responsibility

• No drivers license

• Speeding

• Expired inspection

Williamson County:

• Displaying expired plates/registration

Travis County:

• Occupational Drivers License application for failure to pay tickets

On X, Pena advertises her Ko-Fi account which she’s using to raise money to pay her basic living expenses while running for Congress.

In 2024, Lauren Pena, despite not being Hispanic, was interviewed and labeled a “Latino voter” in press coverage of the Republican National Convention:

According to an X user, the Hispanics were upset with Pena lying about her ethnicity. Pena allegedly justified identifying as Hispanic by stating she is “culturally Hispanic.”

Pena also told media outlets she has problems with the terms “illegal” and “invasion” being used to describe the hordes of illegals invading the US.

Pena, like many of the other odd, goofy, and grifter candidates we have previously covered, has a lackluster voting record which reflects that she voted Republican for the first time just last year.

Now that Pena is running for congress, she wants to be taken seriously. It may have worked as according to FEC records, Pena has raised at least $29,000 for her run for congress as a Republican in a D+24 district.

AI states a Republican winning in this district is less than 5%.

But that 5% chance is still worth $29k.

Current Revolt reached out to Lauren Pena multiple times throughout the week for comment on the story. No response was received by time of publication.

We are super hopeful this exotic dancer’s story about a politician at a strip club is more family friendly than the last one.

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