Rep. Bob Hooper faced pressure from his own caucus to step down. He planned to do so next week, according to the speaker’s chief of staff.
Kevin McCallum
Kevin McCallum is a political reporter at Seven Days, covering the Statehouse and state government. An October 2024 cover story explored the challenges facing people seeking FEMA buyouts of their flooded homes. He’s been a journalist for more than 25 years, winning awards for everything from environmental and government reporting to sharing a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of wildfires at the Press Democrat in Santa Rosa, Calif. He lives in Waterbury Center with two goats and two teenagers.
