(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Andrew Harnik/AP/FILE 29, 2022, at the White House in Washington. 2 House Republican, told CNN he won’t speculate about the possibility that he could emerge as a candidate for speaker on January 3 if McCarthy can’t get 218 votes to win the gavel.ĬORRECTS YEAR TO 2022 - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., arrives to speak to members of the media outside the West Wing following a meeting between President Joe Biden and congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Tuesday, Nov. If McCarthy can’t win 218 votes on the first ballot, it will go to multiple ballots until someone does – something that hasn’t happened in about a century. Now with Biggs’ candidacy, McCarthy detractors can vote for an alternative to run the new House, which will have 222 GOP seats. Last month when he defeated Biggs for his party’s nomination, McCarthy lost 31 votes despite winning 188. To become elected speaker, McCarthy can only afford to lose four votes when the House meets next month. “Kevin McCarthy was created by, elevated by, and maintained by the establishment.” “I’m running for Speaker to break the establishment,” Biggs wrote on Twitter.
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Andy Biggs, the hard-right Arizona Republican and one-time leader of the House Freedom Caucus, announced he will be a candidate for the speakership when the full House votes on January 3.
House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy’s bid for the speakership grew more complicated on Tuesday after a hard-right Republican announced his bid for the gavel next month, a move that could set off a messy floor fight and leave their party without a candidate who can win the 218 votes needed to become speaker.ĭespite losing the House GOP Conference’s nomination to be speaker last month, Rep.
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