Calls are increasing for Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder to resign following his arrest on bribery and racketeering charges.
Ohio Public Radio's Jo Ingles reports.
It didn’t take long for Householder’s fellow Republicans - Governor Mike DeWine, Lieutenant Governor John Husted, and Attorney General Dave Yost - to say he should resign. Republican Representatives Craig Riedel and Bill Reineke are also calling for his resignation, and so are Jon Cross, John Becker and Tracy Richardson, who were among the 26 Republicans who voted for Householder as Speaker last year. Most Democrats also voted for Householder, and some now want him to step down, including Minority Leader Emilia Sykes. Householder hasn’t given any indication he will resign but if he does, Speaker Pro Tem Jim Butler will be next in line to lead the 99-member chamber.