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OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — The Republican Party chair for Kansas' most populous county resigned Thursday, days after the public disclosure that he has been accused of forcibly kissing another local GOP leader at an anti-abortion group's fundraiser this summer.

Fabian Shepard's decision to step down as GOP chair in Johnson County in the Kansas City area was confirmed by the county party's vice chair and the Kansas Republican Party's executive director, The Kansas City Star reported. Johnson County Vice Chair Marisel Sanchez Walston will serve as county chair until local GOP activists can have an elect...