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Suspended on May 9, 2018, as chairman of the House Commerce and
Gaming Committee. Resigned chairmanship after a summary of an
outside investigation released June 11 said Sawyer sent a House
employee multiple “inappropriate and offensive” text messages and
violated House policies on harassment, decorum and ethics. Media
previously reported that several women accused Sawyer of
inappropriate behavior toward them both before and after he first
was elected in 2012. Lost re-election in the Democratic primary;
registered as a lobbyist for the 2019 session. Fined $1,000 by the
Legislative Ethics Board, which said in a Jan. 29, 2019, report that
Sawyer had improperly required his staff to discuss issues related
to the harassment allegations against him.

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