North Dakota Lawmaker Ray Holmberg Resigns After Exchanging Texts With Child Porn Suspect

North Dakota Lawmaker Ray Holmberg Resigns After Exchanging Texts With Child Porn Suspect
A file image of North Dakota Sen. Ray Holmberg listening during a joint House and Senate Appropriations Committee meeting at the Capitol in Bismarck, N.D., on Jan. 7, 2009. AP Photo/Will Kincaid
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North Dakota’s longest-serving state senator, Ray Holmberg, resigned on Monday from the state Legislature after it was reported that he had exchanged text messages with a jailed man facing child pornography charges.

Holmberg, a 78-year-old grandfather of five who became one of the state’s most powerful lawmakers during his 46-year career, said he would resign effective June 1, noting that this will give GOP leaders in his district enough time to find his replacement.

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