OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party says a top-level staffer who pleaded guilty three years ago to a domestic violence charge has resigned his position.
Chairman Randy Brogdon confirmed late Wednesday afternoon that Thomas Clint "T.C." Ryan submitted his resignation from his position as state political director for the party.
Governor Mary Fallin earlier in the day said she supported a resolution calling for Ryan's ouster, and Brogdon said Fallin's position weighed heavily in his decision to accept Ryan's resignation.
Court records show Ryan pleaded guilty in 2012 to misdemeanor charges of domestic assault and battery in the presence of a minor and interference with an emergency telephone call.
Brogdon says he hopes Ryan's resignation will end the bickering within the party and allow Republicans to move forward.