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File-This June 28, 2020, file photo shows Texas Speaker Of The House Dennis Bonnen talking with others on the flight line as he waits for Vice President Mike Pence to arrive at Love Field in Dallas. Bonnen, the outgoing speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, said Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020, that he has tested positive for COVID-19, as coronavirus hospitalizations in the state hovered just below their summer peak. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

Outgoing Texas House speaker tests positive for coronavirus

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FILE - In this May 23, 2019, file photo, Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen, right, with Governor Greg Abbott, left, speaks at a news conference at the Texas Governor's Mansion in Austin, Texas. Bonnen said in a statement Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019 he will not run for re-election, making the announcement less than a week after the release of a secretly recorded conversation in which Bonnen sought help ousting members of his own party in 2020 and called a female lawmaker &quot;vile.&quot; (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Texas GOP House speaker won’t face criminal prosecution

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FILE - In this May 23, 2019, file photo, Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen, right, with Governor Greg Abbott, left, speaks at a news conference at the Texas Governor's Mansion in Austin, Texas. Bonnen said in a statement Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019 he will not run for re-election, making the announcement less than a week after the release of a secretly recorded conversation in which Bonnen sought help ousting members of his own party in 2020 and called a female lawmaker &quot;vile.&quot; (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Texas GOP speaker drops re-election bid after secret tape

By CLARICE SILBER - Associated Press

Recent editorials from Texas newspapers

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In this May 23, 2019, file photo, Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen, right, with Governor Greg Abbott, left, speaks at a news conference at the Texas Governor's Mansion in Austin, Texas. (Associated Press)

Dennis Bonnen, Texas House speaker, condemned by Republican caucus over secret recording

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In this May 23, 2019, file photo, Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen, right, with Governor Greg Abbott, left, speaks at a news conference at the Texas Governor's Mansion in Austin, Texas. (Associated Press)

Texas House Republican caucus condemns GOP speaker,

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In this May 23, 2019, file photo, Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen, right, with Governor Greg Abbott, left, speaks at a news conference at the Texas Governor's Mansion in Austin, Texas. (Associated Press)

Texas GOP speaker tape: Lawmaker ‘vile,’ Trump ‘killing us’

By PAUL J. WEBER and CLARICE SILBER - Associated Press

Morgan Meyer, R-Dallas, chair of the House General Investigating Committee, speaks at the Texas State Capitol on Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, in Austin, Texas. A Texas House committee on Monday holds an investigation hearing into allegations Speaker Dennis Bonnen offered a hardline conservative activist media credentials in a exchange for supporting primary challenges against several Republican incumbents. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Texas lawmakers ask state police to investigate GOP scandal

By JIM VERTUNO - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 15, 2015, file photo, Texas Rep. Dennis Bonnen, R-Angleton, talks to the media at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas. Texas Republicans are reeling from an internal scandal, involving Bonnen and a hardline conservative activist, that could threaten their long dominance of the state Legislature in the nation's most populous conservative state. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Texas Speaker gives vague apology for ‘hurtful’ things said

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Texas Republicans reel from nasty internal fight

By JIM VERTUNO - Associated Press