Best of the States

Some of the two dozen state lawmakers across the country who have been accused of sexual harassment or misconduct since the start of 2017 and have resigned or been removed from office as of March 2018. ÐTop row from left: Alaska Rep. Dean Westlake, Arizona Rep. Don Shooter, California Assemblyman Matt Dababneh and Colorado Rep. Steve Lebsock. ÐMiddle row from left: Florida Sen. Jack Latvala, Mississippi Rep. John Moore, Nevada Sen. Mark Manendo and Oklahoma Rep. Dan Kirby. ÐBottom row from left are Oklahoma Sen. Ralph Shortey, Oklahoma Sen. Bryce Marlatt, South Dakota Rep. Mathew Wollmann and Utah Rep. Jon Stanard. (AP Photo)

Kara Eastman, an ardent gun-control advocate and one of two Democrats vying to challenge Republican incumbent Don Bacon in a district centered in Omaha, Neb., poses before a event in Omaha on April 5, 2018, the same day that the number of women running for the U.S. House seats set a record nationwide. The vast majority of the women are Democrats motivated against President Donald Trump and policies of the Republican-controlled Congress. (AP Photo / Nati Harnik)

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2007, file photo, Prince performs during the halftime show at Super Bowl XLI in Miami, Feb. 4, 2007. A confidential toxicology report obtained by AP nearly two years after Prince died from a drug overdose reveals that the musician had "exceedingly high" levels of the opioid fantanyl. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Officials investigate the scene where a suspect in a series of bombing attacks in Austin blew himself up as authorities closed in, Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Round Rock, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

This Feb. 7, 2018, photo, shows Leandra Mulla at her home in Tabor City, N.C., Feb. 7, 2018. As a high school freshman in 2014, Mulla told Army investigators her ex-boyfriend dragged her to a secluded area of their base in Germany and sexually assaulted her. Four years later, she still wonders what came of her report. ( AP Photo / Gerry Broome )

In this March 2, 2018 photo, a group of JROTC shooters compete in the prone position during the 2018 New Mexico Junior Olympic Qualifier for sport and precision air rifles at Cibola High School in Albuquerque, N.M., for the chance to compete at the National Junior Olympic Championships in Ohio in June. The National Rifle Association has given more than $7 million in grants to hundreds of U.S. schools in recent years, typically used for JROTC programs, including $126,000 given to Albuquerque schools. (Marla Brose/Albuquerque Journal via AP)

Prototypes of border walls are shown to the media near the Mexican border in San Diego, Oct. 26, 2017. The company receiving the first federal contract for construction of a section of the wall Ð SWF Constructors Ð is linked to a company with questionable business practices and a history of legal problems. (AP Photo / Elliott Spagat, File)

In this Jan. 30, 2018, photo, Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, right, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Hurricane Harvey Coordinator, Kevin Hannes, left, are surrounded by local media in Nome Texas, while discussing a home damaged in the storm that is being repaired using federal funds. Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tasked Bush's agency with overseeing housing recovery needs after Harvey _ but nearly six months later, victim frustration is growing amid frequent delays and bureaucratic hurdles. (AP Photo/Will Weissert)

In this Nov. 11, 2017, photo, provided by Reveal, Rachelle Faroul, right, and her partner, Hanako Franz, sit outside their new home in Philadelphia, Nov. 11, 2017. “I had a fair amount of savings and still had so much trouble just left and right,” said Faroul, who was rejected twice by lenders when she tried to buy a brick row house close to Malcolm X Park in Philadelphia. (Sarah Blesener / Reveal via AP)