Former Texas House speaker Gib Lewis is facing a drunken driving charge.
Austin police arrested the 72-year-old Lewis after a downtown traffic stop Thursday night. Police say his blood alcohol level was 0.16, twice the legal limit of .08.
Lewis, a Democrat, was speaker of the House from 1983-1993. He is now a lobbyist.
A telephone message left at his office Friday was not immediately returned.
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