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Ex-Speaker Hoover Files to Run for Re-election

Ex-Speaker Hoover Files to Run for Re-election
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By The Associated Press
Jan. 18, 2018 | FRANKFORT, KY
By The Associated Press Jan. 18, 2018 | 07:07 PM | FRANKFORT, KY
The former Kentucky House speaker who stepped down after signing a secret sexual harassment settlement is running for re-election.
 
The Secretary of State's website shows that Jeff Hoover filed paperwork Thursday to seek re-election. Hoover resigned as speaker earlier this month after acknowledging he and three other GOP lawmakers signed a secret sexual harassment settlement involving a woman who once worked for the House Republican caucus. Hoover did not resign his seat in the legislature.
 
The Legislative Ethics Commission is investigating the settlement and plans to have a public hearing soon. Hoover has been in the House since 1997. He was elected speaker in 2017 shortly after Republicans won a majority for the first time in nearly a century.
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