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Montana GOP calls for state senator Ellsworth’s resignation; supports his expulsion him if he doesn't

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The Montana Republican Party officially called for the resignation of Hamilton Sen. Jason Ellsworth on Sunday.

In a press release, the state GOP said Ellsworth, a Republican and former Senate president, is “no longer fit to serve” in the Senate following a report by the Senate Ethics Committee about Ellsworth’s failure to disclose a conflict of interest while procuring a $170,100 contract for a friend and business associate.

The ethics committee adopted its final report last week following weeks of hearings and fact finding. The Senate initially convened the ethics committee in January after details of the contract between Ellsworth and his friend Bryce Eggleston were reported.

The Department of Justice is also investigating criminal allegations related to Ellsworth’s actions.
 
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Chaos as Montana GOP kicks 9 senators out of the Republican Party

“I’m dumbfounded,” said Sen. Russ Tempel, R-Chester. “I’ve been a Republican longer than ( state GOP Executive Director Tyler) Newcombe’s been alive.”

In an extensive letter to the head of the state GOP, obtained by the Daily Montanan, Sen. Josh Kassmier, R-Fort Benton, said his responsibility is to the people of Montana, “not party bosses like you.”

That coalition, in essence a working majority, has repeatedly flexed its muscles over the last three months to pass big pieces of legislation, change committees and at times effectively run the Senate floor, as well as block attempts to expel one of their members, Ellsworth, for ethics violations. Ellsworth has since been censured by the Senate.

The executive board also voted to withhold any political funding for the nine in future elections and said the nine shouldn’t be considered to speak for the party.
 
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