The contest to succeed dethroned House Speaker Kevin McCarthy grew smaller over the weekend. Or so it seems. And one thing I have discovered in Washington, nothing is as it seems.
Or so it seems.House Republican Study Committee Chair Kevin Hern of Oklahoma, a favorite among conservatives, told Newsmax on Saturday he would not be a candidate because a three-candidate race would create "even more division and it harder to elect a speaker."A source close to Hern, 61, said he already has asked members to consider him if both Reps. Steve Scalise, R-La., and Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, fail to muster the near consensus they need to win.
Also weighing in for Scalise were Republican Reps. John James of Michigan, Ken Calvert of California, and Tony Gonzalez of Texas — all supporters of McCarthy. In a surprise move on Saturday, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., widely considered a more moderate Republican than Jordan, gave her backing to the Ohioan.
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