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Republicans are scrambling to find a new House speaker after House members voted Kevin McCarthy out of the role on Tuesday. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan are seeking the post. Rep. Kevin Hern, who chairs the Republican Study Committee, may also run but hasn’t publicly announced his candidacy.
It’s unclear if House Republicans like their options because it will be a secret ballot election, NPR’s Deirdre Walsh says on Up First. She adds there’s “concern about avoiding another messy fight,” like in January when it took four days and 15 votes to elect McCarthy.
Meanwhile, North Carolina GOP Rep. Patrick McHenry is serving as speaker pro tempore, making him interim House Speaker. The 10-term congressman gained prominence during this year’s debt ceiling and government shutdown negotiations. Read about the man handpicked by McCarthy to lead if the speaker seat is vacant.
