Nine Republican state legislators convicted of drunk driving, from a North Carolina senator at twice the legal limit to a North Dakota lawmaker caught on bodycam hurling slurs at police.
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Sentenced to 30 days of confinement through Wake County’s misdemeanant program, 12 months of probation and $493 in fines and fees.
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Sentenced to 2 days in jail (88 more suspended), a year of probation and a $500 fine. He told the deputy that drinking beer eased his anxiety about driving on interstates.
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Sentenced to a 60-day suspended sentence and a year of probation, and allowed to keep driving with an ignition interlock device.
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Chairman of the Tennessee Senate Republican Caucus. Sentenced to 12 months of probation, a $750 fine, 40 hours of community service and DUI school, and his license was suspended. The hit-and-run and stop-sign charges were dismissed.
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Sentenced to nearly a year of probation and a $1,000 fine. His own party’s House majority leader and local GOP leaders asked him to resign. He refused.
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A felony grand theft charge was dropped in the plea deal. Sentenced to 180 days in jail with all but five suspended. He was the Idaho Senate’s majority caucus chairman at the time.
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Pleaded guilty to DUI and third-degree vehicular assault. Sentenced to an 18-month suspended sentence, a year of probation and a $500 fine, and lost his license for a year.
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Pleaded guilty to drunk driving and leaving the scene of a crash. Sentenced to suspended jail terms and a year of probation. A breath test showed 0.097, over the legal limit.
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Sentenced to jail time, a year of probation, community service and random alcohol testing. Voters ousted her five weeks later.
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