A Democratic candidate for State Assembly confronting domestic violence allegations made by a man he was living with is now under pressure from gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill and three top party leaders to either prove the claims are false or drop out of the race.
Ron Arnau, a former Woodland Park councilman running in the 40th district, has been accused of physically and emotionally abusing a man throughout a tumultuous relationship of nearly two years between 2014 and 2016.
His accuser, Cristen Serna-Tamayo, a physician, claims in court records that Arnau once held him at knifepoint for three hours in a Jersey City apartment they shared…