Senators may not have the votes to remove Chappelle-Nadal from office

JEFFERSON CITY • Calls for state Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal to resign her seat came from far and wide after the senator commented on Facebook hoping for President Donald Trump's assassination.

The Democrat from University City has refused.

So leading Senate Republicans have threatened to expel her from the chamber. But do they have the votes?

One Senate Republican says he won't go along with the plan.

State Sen. Bob Dixon, R-Springfield, wrote in a letter to Republican colleagues that he condemned Chappelle-Nadal's quickly deleted Facebook comment earlier this month, calling it "intemperate and embarrassing."

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