House GOP leaders ask Tony Gonzales to drop reelection bid

Speaker Mike Johnson and other House Republican leaders asked Rep. Tony Gonzales to end his reelection bid, they said Thursday, after the Texas lawmaker admitted to an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide.

The announcement comes a day after the House Ethics Committee launched an probe into Gonzales and POLITICO reported that independent House investigators found a "substantial reason to believe" that he had a sexual relationship with the subordinate.

“The Ethics Committee...