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Pressure Is Building on Governor to Resign

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From Times Wire Reports

Republican Gov. John G. Rowland came under increased pressure to resign as a prominent GOP congressman called on him to step down and a new poll indicated nearly two-thirds of voters want him out of office.

Eleven of the state’s 15 Republican senators have asked that he step aside for accepting gifts from friends, employees and a state contractor.

“He’s lost the trust of the people of this state,” said Rep. Christopher Shays, a nine-term Republican congressman who has been a friend of Rowland since the 1980s.

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