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House speaker's 'Boy Scout' reputation comes with murky past

by Report for America/Associated Press
| September 22, 2020 5:03 AM

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — There were some whispers among the Republican caucus that Bob Cupp should be the person to lead the Ohio House. It was 2018. The federal investigation into the previous House speaker had left the dais empty for months and the chamber at a standstill.

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