Texas Congressman Van Taylor has ended his re-election bid and finally come clean over a long-rumored affair with the so-called “first lady of ISIS.”

On Wednesday, the Texas Republican admitted to the affair and issued an apology to his family. After Tuesday’s primary, Taylor was facing a runoff after narrowly failing to surpass the 50% threshold needed to win the nomination, effectively handing the bid to the Trump-endorsed candidate.

The Washington Examiner reports:

“About a year ago, I made a horrible mistake that has caused deep hurt and pain among those I love most in this world,” Taylor said. “I had an affair, it was wrong, and it was the greatest failure of my life. I want to apologize for the pain I have caused with my indiscretion, most of all to my wife Anne and our three daughters,” he wrote in an email to supporters.

Taylor was the front-runner in the race, finishing Tuesday’s primary with about 49% of the vote. About five days before the primary took place, Tania Joya came forward with details of her relationship with Taylor to one of his primary challengers, Suzanne Harp, who finished third, the Dallas Morning News reported. Details of the affair quickly trickled out.

On Monday, Breitbart published a story with screenshots of alleged text messages and bank statements corroborating Joya’s account of events. She told the news outlet that the affair transpired between November 2020 and June 2021 and that Taylor paid her $5,000 to keep quiet about their escapade.Joya needed the money to pay off credit card bills.

Media outlets have dubbed Joya the “ISIS bride” and the “first lady of ISIS.” She was married to notorious ISIS fighter Yahya al Bahrumi for 12 years, the Times of Israel reported. At one point, Bahrumi was rumored to be the highest-ranking U.S. recruit to ISIS and a leader of its English propaganda campaigns, per the outlet. He is believed to have died in 2017, according to AFP.

Taylor was the incumbent in the race for Texas’s 3rd Congressional District.