ST. PAUL — Minnesota Senate leaders pushed Monday for an outside look into whether a Democrat’s new job as the head of an Iron Range lobbying group conflicts with his role as a lawmaker.

Sen. David Tomassoni, DFL-Chisholm, was hired last week as executive director of the Range Association of Municipalities and Schools, an organization funded in part by public money that lobbies for those interests at the Capitol. His hiring, first reported by the Mesabi Daily News, immediately raised questions about whether the two roles would clash.