The new crop of contenders will spend the weekend working the phones and recruiting allies to do the same as they build their platform for the speakership.
“Our conference remains at a crossroads and the deck is stacked against us,” Majority Whip Tom Emmer warned in a Saturday morning post. | Francis Chung/POLITICOMore than a dozen lawmakers are either launching or weighing bids to be the next speaker ahead of a Sunday deadline as House Republicans scramble — yet again — to select a new leader.“It is incumbent upon us now to decide upon a consensus candidate who can serve as a trusted caretaker and a good steward of the gavel,” Johnson wrote.
Johnson joins a crowded field including Emmer , Republican Study Committee Chair Rep. Kevin Hern , Jack Bergman , Pete Sessions , Byron Donalds , and Rep. Austin Scott — who challenged Jim Jordan last week.Lawmakers have until Sunday at noon to make their candidacy official before a Monday night candidate forum and a GOP Conference vote Tuesday morning.
With McCarthy, Scalise and Jordan all felled by divisions within the conference, it is not likely that these new candidates can get the 217 votes needed to secure the gavel without a major repositioning within the House GOP.
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