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Rep. Kevin McCarthy Elected New GOP Leader
[NATIONALJOURNAL] House Republicans on Thursday elected Kevin McCarthy...the GOP house majority whip. He replaces Eric Cantor, who got whupped because his politix are like Kevin McCarthy's... as their new majority leader, elevating the 49-year-old Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,n to the No. 2 position in GOP leadership and triggering a subsequent contest to replace him as majority whip. McCarthy defeated Rep. Raul Labrador in the race to replace Eric Cantor, whose shocking primary loss last Tuesday set the stage for Thursday's secret-ballot special election. After the vote, Labrador asked for the results to be recorded as unanimous—a gesture appreciated by his colleagues. Shortly after McCarthy's victory, Republicans elected Rep. Steve Scalise to replace him as whip on the first ballot. Scalise was the front-runner throughout the three-man race between him, Rep. Peter Roskam, and Rep. Marlin Stutzman; the only question was whether Scalise could win an outright majority on the first ballot and avoid an unpredictable head-to-head contest with either Roskam or Stutzman. Roskam attributed Scalise's first-ballot victory to "a great campaign," adding that he will "actively support" the new whip. Posted by: Fred 2014-06-20 |
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