Trey Radel |
The 37-year-old Gadel had been caught buying cocaine from an undercover officer in Washington at the end of October.
He was sentenced to a year of probation and went through a month-long, in-patient rehab program, returning to Congress last month and saying in a defiant news conference that he wasn't stepping down.
However, pressure had been building, with higher-ranking Republicans, including Florida Governor Rick Scott, calling on him to resign, a House ethics investigation started, and a growing group of primary race challengers ready to take him on.
He finally gave in, writing in a letter of resignation to House Speaker John Boehner yesterday, "While I have dealt with those issues on a personal level, it is my belief that professionally I cannot fully and effectively serve as a United States Representative to the place I love and call home, southwest Florida."
Radel is a former morning host at WFSX 92.9 FM in Fort Myers.
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