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McCarthy Tells Conference He Won’t Run Again for Speaker

The House will have a new speaker after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was ousted after almost nine months with the gavel.
McCarthy Tells Conference He Won’t Run Again for Speaker
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) walks from the House Chamber after he was ousted as Speaker at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Oct. 3, 2023. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
Jackson Richman,Emel Akan,Ryusuke Abe
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The House will have a new speaker after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was ousted on Oct. 3, the first time in history the chamber has removed its speaker.

In the evening, Mr. McCarthy informed his conference that he would not run for speaker again, according to Rep. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.), the chairman of the Republican Study Committee.

Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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