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Lukens' political career ended when an Ohio television station caught him on camera talking with the mother of a 16-year-old girl and admitting to sexual relations with the daughter. He was convicted by a grand jury in 1989 on a misdemeanor charge of "contributing to the delinquency of a minor" for paying the girl for sex in his apartment in November 1988.<ref>Columbus Dispatch, February 24, 1989</ref><ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE1D9143CF934A15756C0A96F948260 Ohio Congressman Is Convicted in Sex Case]</ref>

Lukens' political career ended when an Ohio television station caught him on camera talking with the mother of a 16-year-old girl and admitting to sexual relations with the daughter. He was convicted by a grand jury in 1989 on a misdemeanor charge of "contributing to the delinquency of a minor" for paying the girl for sex in his apartment in November 1988.<ref>Columbus Dispatch, February 24, 1989</ref><ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE1D9143CF934A15756C0A96F948260 Ohio Congressman Is Convicted in Sex Case]</ref>

Lukens refused to resign his seat, but lost his primary bid in 1990 to future House Minority Leader and subsequent Speaker [[John Boehner]]. Before that election, Lukens was charged with fondling a [[U.S. Capitol|Capitol]] elevator operator and sentenced to thirty days in jail and ordered to see a [[psychologist]].<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/congress.htm Congressional Sex Scandals in History]</ref>

Lukens refused to resign his seat, but lost his primary bid in 1990 to future House Minority Leader and subsequent Speaker [[John Boehner]]. Before that election, Lukens was charged with fondling a [[U.S. Capitol|Capitol]] elevator operator and sentenced to thirty days in jail and ordered to see a [[psychologist]].<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/congress.htm Congressional Sex Scandals in History]</ref>

"Buz" Lukens resigned from Congress on October 24, 1990.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000509 Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress]</ref> Subsequently, in 1996 he was convicted on bribery and conspiracy charges related to the [[House Banking Scandal]] investigated by a task force in 1995. He retired to [[Florida]] but died of throat [[cancer]] in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]] at the age of seventy-nine. He was [[Cremation|cremated]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Lukens&GSfn=Donald+&GSmn=E&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=53165507&df=all&|title=Donald Edgar Lukens|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=April 26, 2018}}</ref>

"Buz" Lukens resigned from Congress on October 24, 1990.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000509 Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress]</ref> Subsequently, in 1996 he was convicted on bribery and conspiracy charges related to the [[House Banking Scandal]] investigated by a task force in 1995. He retired to [[Florida]] but died of throat [[cancer]] in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]] at the age of seventy-nine. He was [[Cremation|cremated]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Lukens&GSfn=Donald+&GSmn=E&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=53165507&df=all&|title=Donald Edgar Lukens|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=April 26, 2018}}</ref>