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   An Oregon lawmaker considered a "rising star" in Democratic circles   
   announced Sunday that he will resign from the legislature following   
   accusations from multiple women that he created a hostile workplace.   
      
   State representative Diego Hernandez, a Portland Democrat, made the   
   announcement days before a vote that would have made him the first   
   Oregon legislator expelled by his colleagues. A bipartisan 4-0   
   committee voted to recommend his expulsion from the legislature   
   earlier this month over accusations that he sexually harassed three   
   women who work in the Capitol.   
      
   The Oregon legislature has never expelled a member before, but the   
   18 allegations against Hernandez, including that he threatened to   
   undermine the careers of two women if they did not enter into   
   relationships with him, were likely viewed as sufficient to remove   
   the recently reelected Democrat.   
      
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