{"id":2076386,"date":"2023-10-23T11:23:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T15:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-official-9-republicans-announce-their-candidacy-for-speaker\/"},"modified":"2023-10-23T11:26:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T15:26:04","slug":"its-official-9-republicans-announce-their-candidacy-for-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-official-9-republicans-announce-their-candidacy-for-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Republicans officially announce their candidacy for Speaker."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fits-official-9-republicans-announce-their-candidacy-for-speaker%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2076386&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Weekend of Surprises: 9\u2062 Republicans Throw Their Hats \u2062in the \u200bRing for Speaker<\/h2>\n<p>A lot \u2064can happen over a weekend, and a lot\u200c did happen in\u200c the House speaker\u2019s race over this past weekend, \u200das the list of official\u2062 candidates grew from six Friday afternoon to nine by the filing deadline of noon on \u200bSunday.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday,\u2063 as The Western Journal reported, six Republicans have confirmed\u2063 that they \u200dplan to run for \u2063the speaker\u2019s chair, with no less than three others\u2062 considering it.<\/p>\n<p>We noted then that those numbers were subject \u2062to change, and change they did.<\/p>\n<p>CNN reported at about 4:00 p.m. that five official candidates had\u200c jumped in \u2014 Jack Bergman of\u200c Michigan, Byron Donalds of Florida, Majority Whip Tom Emmer of Minnesota, Kevin Hern \u200bof Oklahoma and Austin Scott of Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u200dat about the same \u2064time as CNN published that report, a sixth \u2014 Texas Rep. Pete Sessions \u2014 threw his hat into the\u2063 ring with a post to X.<\/p>\n<p>Also said to\u200b be thinking about a run \u2064were Jodey Arrington of \u200bTexas, \u200bMark Green of\u200b Tennessee and Mike Johnson of Louisiana late Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, just after \u200dthe filing deadline, New York\u2063 Rep. Elise Stephanik listed the official candidates on X.<\/p>\n<p>Louisiana\u2019s Mike Johnson apparently \u200bdecided in favor of joining the fray, while the other two\u2064 listed as maybes Friday had apparently decided against it.<\/p>\n<p>However, two others not on the media\u2019s radar last week were on Stephanik\u2019s list: Pennsylvania\u2019s Dan Meuser and Alabama\u2019s Gary Palmer.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous media reports confirmed the list (although it \u200cappeared that most of them, like NBC News for example, were\u200d also relying on Stephanik\u2019s list).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today at noon was the \u2062deadline for \u2063announced \u200bcandidates for Speaker.<\/p>\n<p>Official Announced Candidates to the House Republican Conference include:<\/p>\n<p>Jack Bergman (MI)<br \/>\nByron Donalds (FL)<br \/>\nTom Emmer (MN)<br \/>\nKevin \u200cHern (OK)<br \/>\nMike Johnson (LA)<br \/>\nDan Meuser (PA)<br \/>\nGary Palmer (AL)<br \/>\nAustin Scott\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Elise Stefanik (@RepStefanik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepStefanik\/status\/1716122991539409393?\">October 22, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>House Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick\u2062 McHenry laid out \u200dthe schedule for doing just that Friday afternoon before\u2062 the House recessed for the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>McHenry, who is charged with leading the House of Representatives until a new speaker can be elected, told reporters that the extra time off was \u201can important thing for House Republicans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHouse Republicans will return on Monday at 6:30 p.m. \u2064for\u200d a candidate forum,\u201d he said, \u201cfollowed by an election process on Tuesday morning at 9:00 a.m.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason why I made that decision is\u200d that we need space and time for candidates to speak to other members,\u201d the North Carolina Republican explained. \u201cIt\u2019s fair to say that Leader [Steve] Scalise wasn\u2019t given adequate time; he had 24 hours to campaign, I don\u2019t think that was right for him. Our \u2064nominee, [Jim] Jordan, was given a \u200blittle more time, not right for him. The \u200bconference made a decision that we\u2019re going\u2063 to move forward with \u2063a\u2062 new speaker nominee\u2063 today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the space and time for\u200c a reset I think is an important thing for House Republicans,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Punchbowl News \u200cfounder Jake Sherman said in an X \u2063post Monday morning that it was uncertain whether any of the current candidates could garner the necessary 217 votes to win the chair.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Do \u2064you approve of the removal of McCarthy as speaker?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this\u200d poll entitles you to The Western\u2064 Journal news updates free \u200cof charge via \u2064email. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 67%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 67% (2 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 33%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 33% (1 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\tfunction ffp_getCookie(cname) {<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar name=cname + &#8220;=&#8221;;<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar\u200b decodedCookie=decodeURIComponent(document.cookie);<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar ca=decodedCookie.split(&#8216;;&#8217;);<br \/>\n\t\t\tfor(var i=0; i <ca.length i var c=\"ca[i];\" while if return c.substring c.length function ffp_setcookie cvalue exdays d=\"new\" date d.settime expires=\"expires=\" d.toutcstring document.cookie=\"cname\" window.ff_poll_voted=\"false;\" voted_cookie_name=\"firefly_voted_3506228\" ff_poll_submit event event.preventdefault fireflypoll=\"jQuery(\" fireflypollcontainer=\"jQuery('#firefly-poll-container');\" pollformbox=\"jQuery('#pollFormBox');\" ffp_getcookie fireflypollcontainer.addclass to assign url here as it was defined only in firefly. firefly_ajax_url=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" posting=\"jQuery.post(\" jquery event.target the datalayer window.datalayer=\"window.dataLayer\" window.datalayer.push poll vote posting.done response response.success yes_el=\"document.getElementById(\" no_el=\"document.getElementById(\" yes_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.yes\" yes_el.innerhtml=\"Yes: \" response.data.percents.yes response.data.votes.yes votes no_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.no\" no_el.innerhtml=\"No: \" response.data.percents.no response.data.votes.no fireflypoll.remove pollformbox.hide document.getelementbyid fireflypollcontainer.removeclass else emailfield=\"document.querySelector(\" input emailfield.required=\"false;\" emailfield.style.display=\"none\" border: solid padding: margin-left: margin-right: margin-bottom: width: float: left background: border-radius: margin-top: padding-top: padding-bottom: padding-left: background-color: border-color: cursor: pointer lightgrey white-space: nowrap .firefly-poll-question font-weight: bold font-size: .firefly-poll-disclaimer max-width:><\/p>\n<p>He also said \u200cthat if Republicans couldn\u2019t get anyone over the top by week\u2019s end, \u201csomeone will move to\u200d elect a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-legislature-votes-to-repeal-state-song-over-ties-to-confederacy\/\" title=\"Maryland Legislature Votes To Repeal State Song Over Ties To Confederacy\">speaker pro tem<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That would presumably be similar\u2062 to an idea\u2063 raised and\u2063 then quashed last week that\u2063 would empower \u200dMcHenry or another Republican representative with most of the powers of a normally elected speaker, but for only a temporary basis.<\/p>\n<p>That <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-official-9-republicans-announce-their-candidacy-for-speaker\/\" title=\"9 Republicans officially announce their candidacy for Speaker.\">idea \u200cproved unpopular<\/a> \u2063with the \u200bGOP Conference last week; it\u2019s unknown whether additional failed votes to elect a speaker would change that significantly enough\u200c to allow a \u2062temporary speaker to be elected without Republicans having\u200c to bargain with some Democrats to\u2063 get additional votes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_subscription_pitch\">.author_subscription_pitch p{margin:5px;}<\/p>\n<p><b>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I walked \u2062into the office one morning and noticed something strange. 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Pete Sessions \u2014 threw\u2062 his hat into the \u200bring with a\u2064 post \u2064to \u2063X.<\/p>\n<p>Also said to be thinking about a \u200drun were Jodey Arrington of Texas, Mark Green of Tennessee and Mike Johnson of\u200c Louisiana late Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, just after the \u200cfiling \u2064deadline, New York Rep. Elise Stephanik listed the official\u200d candidates on X.<\/p>\n<p>Louisiana&#8217;s \u2063Mike \u200bJohnson apparently decided in\u200c favor of joining\u2064 the fray, while \u2062the other two listed as\u200d maybes Friday \u2062had apparently\u2063 decided against it.<\/p>\n<p>However, two others not on the media&#8217;s radar\u2064 last week were on Stephanik&#8217;s list: Pennsylvania&#8217;s\u200b Dan Meuser and Alabama&#8217;s Gary Palmer.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous media reports confirmed the list (although it appeared that most of them,\u200c like NBC News for example, were also relying on Stephanik&#8217;s list).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today at noon was the deadline for announced candidates for Speaker.<\/p>\n<p>Official Announced Candidates to the House Republican Conference include:<\/p>\n<p>Jack Bergman (MI)<\/p>\n<p>Byron Donalds (FL)<\/p>\n<p>Tom Emmer (MN)<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Hern (OK)<\/p>\n<p>Mike Johnson \u200b(LA)<\/p>\n<p>Dan Meuser (PA)<\/p>\n<p>Gary Palmer (AL)<\/p>\n<p>Austin Scott&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Elise Stefanik (@RepStefanik) October 22, 2023<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry laid out the schedule for \u200bdoing \u200cjust that Friday afternoon before the House recessed for the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>McHenry, who is charged with leading the House of Representatives until a new speaker \u2063can be elected, told reporters \u200bthat\u2063 the extra time off was\u200c &#8220;an important \u200bthing for House \u200bRepublicans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;House\u200d Republicans will return on Monday at 6:30 p.m. for a candidate forum,&#8221; he said, &#8220;followed by\u2063 an election process\u200d on\u2062 Tuesday morning at 9:00 a.m.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The reason why I made that decision is that we need space and time for candidates to\u200c speak\u200c to other members,&#8221; the North Carolina\u200d Republican explained. &#8220;It&#8217;s \u2064fair to say that Leader [Steve] Scalise wasn&#8217;t given adequate time; \u200bhe had 24 hours to campaign, \u200bI don&#8217;t think that was \u200bright for him. Our nominee, [Jim] Jordan, was \u2064given a little more time, not \u2063right for him. The conference \u2062made a decision that we&#8217;re going to move forward with a new speaker nominee today.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But the space and time for a reset I think \u200cis an important thing for House Republicans,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Punchbowl News founder Jake Sherman said in an X post Monday morning that it was uncertain whether\u200b any of the current candidates could garner the necessary 217 votes to win the chair.<\/p>\n<p>There is still much uncertainty surrounding the House speaker&#8217;s race, as the list of\u200d candidates continues \u2062to evolve. With a candidate forum and election process scheduled for the upcoming days, it remains \u2063to\u200d be \u2064seen \u200dwho\u2064 will emerge as the front-runner and ultimately secure the necessary votes to become the next speaker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A whirlwind weekend in the House speaker&#8217;s race saw the list of official candidates expand from six to nine. Six Republicans initially confirmed their candidacy on Friday, but by Sunday&#8217;s filing deadline at noon, three more contenders had joined the race. 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