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Article snippet: Two state legislators in Minnesota are stepping down in response to harassment allegations amid a national wave of politicians, journalists and entertainers being accused of sexual misconduct. Representative Tony Cornish, a Republican, and Senator Dan Schoen, a Democrat, announced their resignations on Tuesday after each was accused of harassing multiple women involved in state politics. Mr. Cornish, 66, is an eight-term representative from southern Minnesota, and Mr. Schoen, 42, is a first-term senator whose district is southeast of St. Paul. Mr. Cornish on Tuesday reached a settlement with a lobbyist, Sarah Walker, who said Mr. Cornish had harassed her for years, pressuring her to have sex with him and, at one point, pushing her against the wall of his office. Separately, State Representative Erin Maye Quade shared text messages with The Star Tribune, of Minneapolis, in which Mr. Cornish told her he had been “busted for staring at you on the House floor.” “Haha,” Mr. Cornish wrote. “I told him it was your fault, of course. Look too damned good.” Mr. Cornish initially denied most of the allegations, though he did acknowledge the texts to Ms. Maye Quade. But as part of the settlement reached with Ms. Walker, he agreed to resign by Dec. 1, to publicly apologize and to pay Ms. Walker’s legal fees, her lawyer, Scott Flaherty, confirmed. Ms. Walker will receive no money from the settlement. “Her primary goal was removing him from office,” Mr. Flaherty said, “and that... Link to the full article to read more