Representatives Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Jim Jordan of Ohio are both running to succeed Kevin McCarthy, who was ousted as speaker.
WASHINGTON — The second-ranking House Republican and the chair of the Judiciary Committee on Wednesday both announced their campaigns for speaker, setting the stage for a bruising struggle pitting some of the most conservative GOP leaders against one another. One day after the ouster of Kevin McCarthy as the House’s leader threw the chamber into a state of paralysis, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a close ally of former President Donald Trump, said he would try to become speaker.
“I think I can unite the conservative base and the party and the conference; that’s why I’m running,” Jordan said on his way into lunch with the Texans. In the past, Jordan was often at odds with his own party’s leadership, but he built an alliance with McCarthy. When Republicans won the House majority last year, he worked more in concert with the leadership as head of the Judiciary Committee.
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