ST. PAUL, Minn. — Democratic state Sen. Dan Schoen will resign following a string of sexual misconduct allegations, his attorney said Tuesday, marking the first resignation in a recent tide of sexual harassment accusations in state politics.

Attorney Paul Rogosheske told the Star Tribune Schoen would announce his resignation and address the allegations during a Wednesday news conference. The 42-year-old first-term senator had faced widespread calls to resign from his Cottage Grove-area seat since allegations of sexual harassment first surfaced earlier this month.

The allegations against Schoen range from unwanted advances on a House candidate via text to sending photos of male genitalia to a female staffer in the Senate. Lindsey Port, a Democratic House candidate in 2015, said Schoen commented on her buttocks at a party event before grabbing it and saying he could tell she was good at door-knocking because of her rear end.

Schoen had called some of the allegations false or said his actions were taken out of context. And he indicated he would fight a looming ethics investigation and the calls for him to leave the Senate, hiring an attorney.

The apparent reversal follows a private meeting between Schoen, Rogosheske and Senate Minority Leader Tom Bakk, their first since the allegations of Schoen’s improper conduct were reported by online news site MinnPost and Minnesota Public Radio News.

“He doesn’t feel he can be effective anymore,” Rogosheske told the newspaper. “And he doesn’t want to work in an environment like this.”

Rogosheske did not immediately return phone calls and an email from The Associated Press.

Port, among the first to come forward publicly with allegations about Schoen, stressed that she was not overjoyed that he was set to resign. Port ran unsuccessfully for a state House seat in 2016.

“I am glad, though, to see that we have been able at least in this instance to hold people accountable. I’m hopeful that this is just the start,” she said.

But she and Rep. Erin Maye Quade, a freshman Democrat who has accused Schoen and others of sexual harassment, bristled at the suggestion by Schoen’s attorney that Schoen would not admit wrongdoing.

“Worse than the harassment is that the men who harass me won’t acknowledge that their behavior is wrong,” Maye Quade said. “One senator’s resignation doesn’t change the culture. I want to change the culture.”

Many of the allegations stem from when Schoen was in the House, where he served two terms before being elected to the Senate last year. Schoen is police officer for the Cottage Grove Police Department, which put him on administrative duties amid the inquiries.