Former state Sen. David Jaye isn’t letting being unemployed get him down.

“I am trying to get my life back together by doing things for my family,” the Washington Township Republican said.

Jaye was expelled from the Senate on Thursday by his colleagues, who voted 33-2 to oust him.

Since he moved out of his Lansing office, Jaye said he has posted his résumé on several job search Web sites, but isn’t ruling out running for his former Macomb County Senate seat as his next career move.

“My family life is more important right now,” Jaye said. “I am focusing on that first and politics later. Besides, I have a lot of calls to make to see if I can mount a campaign.”

Bill Ballenger, editor of Inside Michigan Politics, said Jaye’s possible re-election isn’t farfetched.

“The odds are against it in my opinion, but a lot of people are saying it could happen,” he said. “There are too many ‘ifs’ at this point.”

Jaye also is considering mounting a constitutional lawsuit against the Senate. The former legislator feels his right to due process was trampled by the institution that tried and convicted him in less than six weeks.

Jaye’s position was scrutinized by his co-workers for his three drunken driving convictions since 1985, his alleged verbal abuse of Senate staff, the appearance of topless photos of his fiancée, Sonia Kloss, on his state-owned laptop computer and allegations that he has publicly hit Kloss on two occasions.

Jaye has never been charged with hitting Kloss.

State Sen. Don Koivisto, D-Ironwood, was the only legislator to vote against the former senator’s expulsion besides Jaye himself.

“I just don’t feel right about expelling (Jaye) when there are so many questions,” Koivisto said. “He hasn’t even been convicted of hitting Ms. Kloss.”

Jaye also said Kloss may sue the Senate for violating her right to privacy by showing the topless photos of her to senators who investigated Jaye.

If Jaye were re-elected, the Senate could not expel him for the same reasons it did Thursday. He was the first senator in Michigan history to be kicked out.

Jaye said he spent the holiday weekend with his fiancée, not thinking of his Senate problems. He said they went trout fishing and to see the film “The Mummy Returns.”

“I thought it was fitting after all the monsters we saw in Lansing last week,” he said.

Jaye said his expulsion was the product of a political witch-hunt. Senate leaders deny that charge, saying Jaye misused his position and violated the trust of state citizens.