McCarthy fended off a late challenge from GOP Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona.
— House Republicans nominated Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the current minority leader, as their candidate for speaker of the House on Tuesday, with McCarthy overcoming a conservative challenger as the party inches closer to winning control of the lower chamber.
McCarthy fended off an 11th-hour challenge for the nomination from Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus who wasboth within Congress and at the state level to reverse the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. Biggs announced his bid Monday night, telling Newsmax in an interview that"we have a new paradigm here, and I think the country wants a different direction from the House of Representatives.
But as GOP lawmakers grappled with the party's disappointing performance in the midterm elections, which saw the Senate remain in Democrats' hands and control of the House still not locked up one week later, McCarthy spent the run-up to the internal election trying to solidify support from the far-right flank of the Republican conference.
Also looming over a Republican-controlled House is the influence of former President Donald Trump, who ishis third White House bid on Tuesday night. Some Republicans have sought to distance themselves from the former president in the wake of their lackluster midterm results.
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