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Florida GOP dumps chairman amid sexual assault investigation

The party leaders then voted to replace him with state GOP Vice Chair Evan Power

Republican Party of Florida Christian Ziegler, left, and his wife Bridget, an elected Sarasota County School Board member, have been asked to resign their positions. The RPOF voted Monday to remove Christian Ziegler as chairman. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack & Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel)
Republican Party of Florida Christian Ziegler, left, and his wife Bridget, an elected Sarasota County School Board member, have been asked to resign their positions. The RPOF voted Monday to remove Christian Ziegler as chairman. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack & Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel)
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In the biggest shakeup the Republican Party of Florida has seen in more than a decade, board members voted Monday to oust party chair Christian Ziegler, who's been accused of raping a woman that he and his wife had previously engaged in a three-way sexual encounter.
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