By JAKE BLEIBERG, Related Press
DALLAS (AP) – US Rep. Van Taylor of Texas mentioned Wednesday that he’s ending his reelection marketing campaign and admitted having an affair a few yr in the past.
The North Texas congressman made the announcement the day after former Collin County Choose Keith Self pushed him to a runoff for the Republican nomination.
Taylor, a former Marine and Iraq warfare fight veteran, was thought of one of many Texas delegation’s most conservative members when he was elected in 2018. However he has been sharply criticized by the precise wing of the celebration for voting to certify the 2020 election outcomes and for supporting a fee to research the Jan. 6 riot on the Capitol.
Self is an Military veteran and graduate of the US Army Academy. He has claimed Taylor drifted from his conservative roots within the GOP-dominant district.
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He closely criticized Taylor’s votes on the election consequence and riot investigation, and Taylor’s vote to take away Accomplice statues from the Capitol.
Related Press author Terry Wallace contributed to this report in Dallas.
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