COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)  Risking impeachment, Ohio’s attorney general on Monday refused demands from the governor and other fellow Democrats that he resign over a sexual harassment scandal in his office and an affair with a subordinate.

Gov. Ted Strickland told reporters that Democrats would begin drafting an impeachment resolution against Attorney General Marc Dann right away. The Republican House speaker, Jon Husted, said Monday that his chamber was already reviewing the process.

Virtually every state-level Democratic officeholder urged Mr. Dann to resign in a letter late Sunday after Mr. Strickland tried twice during the day to persuade him to leave office.

A sexual harassment investigation uncovered an atmosphere in Mr. Dann’s office rife with inappropriate staff-subordinate relationships, heavy drinking and harassing and threatening behavior by a supervisor. On Friday, Mr. Dann admitted to an extramarital affair with a subordinate when the investigation threatened to reveal it.