Who Could Succeed California’s Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the US House?

(Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives began to position themselves on Wednesday to run for speaker, the day after a small group of hardliners succeeded in ousting Kevin McCarthy from the job in a historic first. Here are some possible candidates: IN: JIM JORDAN Representative Jim Jordan, an ally of former President Donald Trump, was nominated by some Republican rebels to be the speaker during the election to the seat in January. He received 20 votes during one round of voting. He had also previously challenged McCarthy in a race for minority leader in 2018. Jordan, who re…

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