Harvey West Jr. resigned as chair of North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District GOP, according to multiple sources, and the district—which includes over a fifth of the counties in the state—announced that it elected a new chair.

Dare County residents have voiced concerns over the choice of the regional GOP leader—who formerly, during his time of employment as a police officer, was convicted of multiple counts of indecent liberties with a child—as the event moderator for the Dare GOP’s recent forum for board of education candidates.