Most of that spin.
Dude married the girl who he contributed to the delinquency of. He wasn't convicted of a felony, but apparently a misdemeanor. He did lose his law license, but apparently it was because he was a ****ty lawyer.
He's also a unicorn. An anti-abortion Democrat. And supported by some percentage of local Trump supporters.
But yeah, mostly the local electorate there voted for him. Not sure what that really says about the local electorate.