RALEIGH -- Gov. Roy Cooper and other Democrats want a state House member to resign after a media report in which people alleged the legislator spoke using sexual innuendo and made unwanted sexual advances.

Cooper, state Democratic Party Chair Wayne Goodwin and colleagues of Democratic Rep. Duane Hall said Wednesday that Hall should step down. The allegations reported by NC Policy Watch identified a Democratic campaign aide making accusations and others the story did not identify by name.

Cooper says in a release the allegations are “disturbing'' and that a culture should be created “where harassment of any kind is unacceptable.''

House Minority Leader Darren Jackson released a statement: “The allegations surrounding Rep. Duane Hall are serious and the women involved deserve to be heard and supported…I spoke with him and asked him to resign.”

The Raleigh attorney denied the allegations to NC Policy Watch and said no sexual harassment occurred.

So far, Hall has not responded to a request for a response to the accusations by Spectrum News.