Todd Patterson, chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-St. Louis, apparently engaged in a bit too much celebrating Tuesday night.

Carnahan spokesman Glenn Campbell confirmed tonight that Patterson received a police citation for “publicly relieving himself” as he walked home from a post-election watch party in Washington.

Patterson was given a $25 ticket,  accompanied police to the station and paid it, Campbell said. “He’s very embarrassed by it,” Campbell added.

Politico, the Web political publication, is expected to publish something later tonight about Patterson’s unfortunate run-in with the law.

Here’s the link to the site’s gossip item.