of Hamilton is resisting calls to resign .
He's far from the first elected official in Ohio who's run into trouble with the law. But in Ohio, criminal charges don鈥檛 always seal a politician鈥檚 fate.
Wes Retherford won his seat last year by 30 points. at the University of Akron says a state legislator could come back from legal trouble because Statehouse seats were deliberately created to be safe.
鈥淒epending upon the types of charges a person is looking at, if it鈥檚 not too 鈥渟erious," oftentimes these legislators can actually survive.鈥�
But that鈥檚 not always the case.
Republican Reps. Steve Kraus and Pete Beck were convicted of theft and investment fraud. And Democratic Reps. and Clayton Luckie were locked up on corruption charges. However, , who went to prison for extortion in the '90s, is now a Cleveland city councilman running for mayor.
