Party chairman gives Ellison tepid 支援 まっただ中に 主張
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota 民主党員s are 慎重に standing by Rep. Keith Ellison まっただ中に 主張s from an ex-girlfriend that he once 肉体的に 乱用d her, as the 明言する／公表する's party chairman said Thursday he supported Ellison "at this point."
Ellison won a （人が）群がるd 最初の／主要な for 弁護士／代理人／検事 general just days after the 告訴，告発 surfaced. Karen Monahan said Ellison dragged her off a bed by her feet while 叫び声をあげるing. Ellison has called that 主張 誤った and said he still 計画（する）s to run in November.
The episode has unsettled 民主党員s 国家的に and in Minnesota, where they'd rather 焦点（を合わせる） on a pivotal midterm 選挙 where the 知事's office, two U.S. 上院 seats, four 競争の激しい congressional 地区s and 支配（する）／統制する of the 明言する／公表する House are up for 得る，とらえるs.
"This is a developing story, and we don't know where it's going," Democratic-農業者-Labor party chairman Ken ツバメ said. "Keith is our 指名された人. We stand with Keith at this point."
ツバメ said the party takes the 主張s 本気で and has a team of lawyers looking into the 告訴，告発s. He said the 調査 含むs text messages that Monahan and Ellison 交流d in the days and months 主要な up to his 弁護士／代理人／検事 general （選挙などの）運動をする 開始する，打ち上げる in June.
His comments come just a day after Democratic 国家の 委員会 Chairman Tom Perez also said the party is 調査／捜査するing the 主張s. Ellison is a 副 chairman with the 国家の party.
A Thursday 外見 at the 明言する／公表する （ワシントンの）連邦議会議事堂 had 最初 been scheduled as a "まとまり 決起大会／結集させる" for Democratic 候補者s, and Ellison was 推定する／予想するd to …に出席する. But that was 棚上げにするd in 好意 of a smaller （人が）群がる 焦点（を合わせる）d on the 知事's race, with outdoing Democratic Gov. 示す Dayton throwing his support behind U.S. Rep. Tim Walz after he won the 最初の／主要な on Tuesday.
Dayton said the 主張s are serious but that he still supported him over the GOP's 是認するd 候補者, Doug Wardlow.
"I have no 保留（地）／予約s about 説 that Keith Ellison will be a vastly superior 候補者," Dayton said.
Ellison has strenuously 否定するd the 主張s, 説 a supposed ビデオ of the 出来事/事件 does not 存在する "because I never behaved in this way." Though organizations like the 国家の Organization for Women and women's 権利s group 紫外 have called on Ellison to 出口 the race, few 目だつ 民主党員s have followed 控訴.
Minnesota 民主党員s would be left with few 選択s to 取って代わる Ellison on the 投票（する） if he leaves the race. 明言する／公表する 法律 only 許すs 政党s to 取って代わる 候補者s if they die, become 本気で ill or are 宣言するd ineligible for the 選挙.
