The closed door, secret ballot vote by Republicans for their nomination of House Speaker is over and Kevin McCarthy has won it.
His challenger, Andy Biggs, didn’t get that many votes in the end. The vote was 188-31. But that 31 votes could make it difficult for McCarthy when the entire House votes in January.
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Biggs might be right if nearly every Republican votes the same way. The question is can McCarthy convince almost all of these 31 Republicans who voted for Biggs to vote for him in January?
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