SALEM, Ore. — A Democratic leader of the Oregon Legislature has rejected a call by the Republican candidate for governor to step down amid a sexual-harassment scandal that cost one state senator his job and was reignited when a top official filed a complaint against legislative leadership.

The complaint Wednesday from Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian accused his fellow Democrats, Senate President Peter Courtney and House Speaker Tina Kotek, of allowing a sexually hostile environment at the state Capitol and not