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   AUGUSTA, Maine — A Democratic state representative from Westbrook   
   resigned Monday, reversing a previously stated intent to serve out   
   his term amid allegations of sexual misconduct that he has denied.   
      
   Rep. Dillon Bates’ resignation was effective immediately, House   
   Speaker Sara Gideon, D-Freeport, told legislators in a Monday email.   
   Her office provided an email from Bates calling allegations against   
   him “baseless and false,” but that he didn’t wish to create   
   “distractions” when the Legislature returns to Augusta next week.   
      
   Gideon asked Bates to resign earlier this month after allegations   
   that he had relationships with high school girls in the past decade   
   were published in The Bollard, a Portland monthly newspaper.   
      
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