![]() Chip Roy (R-Texas) doubted that any candidate as of last week had the votes to be speaker. “He’s essentially had a two-year audition where he had the exclusive opportunity to earn the vote of the conference, to demonstrate that he was willing to fight against the Biden, Pelosi, Schumer agenda, and he failed to do that.” Bob Good (R-Va.) said of McCarthy last week on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle.” His only priority over the last two years has seemed to be able to get the majority and become speaker, just for the sake of getting the majority and becoming speaker,” Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), currently the minority leader, is the main candidate to be speaker.īut he’s facing opposition from the party’s right wing and some members of the House Freedom Caucus, who want either a more conservative leader or for him to agree to changes to the chamber’s rules that would allow them to push their agenda, including forcing votes on their proposals. GOP leadership questionsĭespite the uncertain outcome, House Republicans are planning Tuesday to vote on caucus leadership positions as incoming lawmakers fly to Washington for orientation, under the assumption that they will get the majority. Kurt Schrader, one of the Democratic Party’s most conservative members, was ousted by McLeod-Skinner in a primary. Chavez-DeRemer is flipping the seat from Democratic control Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R) defeated Jamie McLeod-Skinner (D). In Oregon’s 5th District, things went the Republican’s way. Gluesenkamp Pérez faced off against Republican Joe Kent. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R) currently holds the position, but was ousted in a primary after voting last year to impeach former President Donald Trump. Gluesenkamp Pérez’s win flips the seat from Republican control Rep. Pat Ryan’s (D-N.Y.) reelection and Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez’s (D) victory in Washington state. Some recent races that have been called include Rep. ![]() David Valadao’s (R-Calif.), and Arizona’s 6th District, an open seat being sought by Republican Juan Ciscomani and Democrat Kirsten Engel. In the House, 21 races have yet to be called: Rep. “Thanks for all the prayers from millions of Nevadans and Americans who hope we can still take back the Senate and start taking our country back,” he said in a series of tweets about ballot counting. Laxalt, Nevada’s former attorney general, refused to concede the race, instead expressing doubt about the race projections. She promised to prioritize protecting abortion rights, providing affordable housing and creating union jobs in her next six-year term. We rejected their conspiracies, their attacks on our workers and their efforts to restrict our freedoms,” Cortez Masto said in a Sunday speech celebrating her win. “This election, Nevadans rejected the far-right politicians working to divide us. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) had won reelection late Friday, beating Republican Blake Masters. But it’ll be a lot done, and we’re not going to forsake our principles for it, but we will get a lot done.”Ĭortez Masto’s race was one of the few remaining to be called. It’s not even going to be everything we want. “It’s not going to be everything your party wants, for sure. “I say to Republican senators and to Leader McConnell : We are willing to work with you to get things done for the American people,” he said. Schumer declined to specify his caucus’ agenda for either the next two years or even the lame-duck session that starts this week, but encouraged the GOP to cooperate. The American people saw that we were getting things done that they cared about.” ‘We rejected their conspiracies’ Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) talks during a press conference Sunday. Make no mistake about it, the two are intrinsically related. “First we pass a strong agenda, then we win the election. He highlighted “dealing with climate change,” one of the major provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act, as one piece of the agenda. “We won because we had a really good agenda that actually passed, that helped the American people on things they cared about,” Schumer said in a Sunday news conference in New York City. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said his party’s victory came down to the quality of candidates, the party’s accomplishments and continued efforts by some Republicans to sow doubt about the 2020 election.
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