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Jan. 4, 2019Jefferson City, MO |  By: AP

Missouri House down 17 members

More than 10 percent of Missouri House seats are now
vacant after a St. Louis lawmaker resigned for a local office.

Democratic Rep. Michael Butler was sworn in Wednesday as the St. Louis recorder
of deeds. The House released a letter Thursday indicating Butler had resigned
Monday night.

Butler was one of four lawmakers who resigned at the end of 2018 after being
elected to new jobs in local government.

Others left early to take positions in Gov. Mike Parson's administration. Still
others resigned to try to avoid being affected by a new constitutional amendment
lengthening the wait before lawmakers can become lobbyists.

The 163-member House now has 17 vacancies. The resignations are the most of any
year in records dating to 1994.

A new legislative session begins Jan. 9.