Meet the 9 Republicans who want to be House speaker

Oct 23, 2023 View Original Article
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  • Policy Leaning

    -10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    92% Negative

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"AdvertisementThe last-minute challenge by someone without a national profile was widely viewed as a way to let anti-Jordan members register their opposition."
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20% Conservative
"Rep. Roy Jackson of Amarillo has aounced his support for Donalds."
Positive
56% Conservative
"Rep. Roy Jackson of Amarillo has aounced his support for Donalds."
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56% Conservative
"Byron Donalds is a good man raised by a single mom, who moved past adversity, became a Christian man at the age of 21 and has devoted his life to advancing the cause for his family and for this country, Roy said."
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36% Conservative
"Byron Donalds is a good man raised by a single mom, who moved past adversity, became a Christian man at the age of 21 and has devoted his life to advancing the cause for his family and for this country, Roy said."
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36% Conservative
"The ultraconservative championRep. Byron Donalds, 44, of Florida is a darling of the far-right and a member of the House Freedom Caucus, home to many of the chamber's most hardline conservatives."
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34% Conservative
"Now making a real run at the job, Scott highlights how he supported Jordan after losing that internal vote."
Positive
22% Conservative
"Now making a real run at the job, Scott highlights how he supported Jordan after losing that internal vote."
Positive
22% Conservative
"Emmer's certification vote could help win over Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado, who has made acknowledging Biden's victory a litmus test for his support."
Positive
6% Conservative
"Emmer's certification vote could help win over Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado, who has made acknowledging Biden's victory a litmus test for his support."
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6% Conservative
"Emmer's certification vote could help win over Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado, who has made acknowledging Biden's victory a litmus test for his support."
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6% Conservative
"Here are the speaker candidates and what they bring to the table:AdvertisementThe establishment frontruerHouse Majority Whip Tom Emmer, 62, is the favorite to win Tuesday's vote in a field that includes a number of backbenchers and newcomers."
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16% Conservative
"Like Emmer, he has chaired the NRCC."
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12% Conservative
"AdvertisementRep. Mike Flood, R-Neb., has circulated a pledge for Republicans to sign vowing to support whoever wins the nomination for speaker."
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10% Conservative
"Some Democrats have cast Republican love for Donalds as tokenism."
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10% Conservative
"In his second term, Donalds is by far the most junior member of the field."
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6% Conservative
"That makes him an unusually junior member to seek the speaker's gavel, though still senior to Donalds.AdvertisementThe policy wonkRep. Gary Palmer, 69, of Alabama is head of the Republican Policy Committee, the advisory panel that helps leadership sift through legislative ideas."
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6% Conservative
"That makes him an unusually junior member to seek the speaker's gavel, though still senior to Donalds.AdvertisementThe policy wonkRep. Gary Palmer, 69, of Alabama is head of the Republican Policy Committee, the advisory panel that helps leadership sift through legislative ideas."
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6% Conservative
"AdvertisementWhoever that person is, we need an hour or two after that to go right to the floor and that person needs to get 221 votes and we can show the American people that we can lead, Fallon said."
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4% Conservative
"Bergman's pitch is rooted in the need for someone with a national security background to guide the House at a time of global unrest."
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4% Conservative
"The Miesotan has McCarthy's backing and is already the No. 3 Republican in leadership, higher than any of the other candidates."
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2% Conservative
"Emmer and Rep. Austin Scott of Georgia stand out as the only two candidates who voted to certify the 2020 election results."
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2% Conservative
"Emmer and Rep. Austin Scott of Georgia stand out as the only two candidates who voted to certify the 2020 election results."
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2% Conservative
"Rep. Pat Fallon of Sherman says House Republicans will determine this week whether they are capable of mustering the conference discipline required to elect a speaker and break the paralysis that has reigned since Kevin McCarthy's Oct. 3 ouster."
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0% Conservative
"Rep. Pat Fallon of Sherman says House Republicans will determine this week whether they are capable of mustering the conference discipline required to elect a speaker and break the paralysis that has reigned since Kevin McCarthy's Oct. 3 ouster."
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0% Conservative
"The national security hawkRep. Jack Bergman, 76, of Michigan served four decades in the U.S. Marine Corps, retiring at the rank of lieutenant general."
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0% Conservative
"Rep. Chip Roy of Austin praised Donalds' qualifications while nominating him on the fourth ballot in January, touting his track record as a businessman, state lawmaker and in Congress."
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-2% Liberal
"Rep. Chip Roy of Austin praised Donalds' qualifications while nominating him on the fourth ballot in January, touting his track record as a businessman, state lawmaker and in Congress."
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-2% Liberal
"Rep. Chip Roy of Austin praised Donalds' qualifications while nominating him on the fourth ballot in January, touting his track record as a businessman, state lawmaker and in Congress."
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-2% Liberal
"The regular functioning of the federal government can't wait on useless infighting and arguments, Bergman said in a statement."
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-2% Liberal
"His own tenure included overseeing the 2010 midterm landslide, in which Republicans picked up a net 63 seats and booted Nancy Pelosi from the speaker's office."
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-4% Liberal
"Palmer started out in the private sector working primarily for major engineering companies before diving into the conservative policy world."
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-4% Liberal
"The other seven voted against accepting some of President Joe Biden's state-certified electors on Jan. 6, 2021."
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-10% Liberal
"If we are going to be the majority we need to act like the majority, and that means we have to do the right things the right way, Scott posted on X.The moderateRep. Dan Meuser, 59, of Pesylvania is a member of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, which makes him arguably the most moderate contender."
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-10% Liberal
"If we are going to be the majority we need to act like the majority, and that means we have to do the right things the right way, Scott posted on X.The moderateRep. Dan Meuser, 59, of Pesylvania is a member of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, which makes him arguably the most moderate contender."
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-10% Liberal
"AdvertisementAs a Trump loyalist, Hern may face some mistrust from other factions."
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-14% Liberal
"As a longtime constitutional lawyer, Johnson has defended in court conservative laws on marriage, prayer and abortion."
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-14% Liberal
"AdvertisementThe lawyer and podcasterRep. Mike Johnson, 51, of Louisiana is vice chair of the House GOP conference and a former head of the RSC."
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-16% Liberal
"[Donalds] is not a historic candidate for speaker."
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-18% Liberal
"The mainstream conservative championRep. Kevin Hern, 61, of Oklahoma goes into the contest with a significant base of support as chair of the Republican Study Committee."
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-24% Liberal
"He is a prop, Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., posted on X in January, when holdouts to McCarthy repeatedly voted for Donalds."
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2% Conservative
"He is a prop, Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., posted on X in January, when holdouts to McCarthy repeatedly voted for Donalds."
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2% Conservative
"He is a prop, Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., posted on X in January, when holdouts to McCarthy repeatedly voted for Donalds."
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2% Conservative
"Former Trump adviser Steve Baon has called him a Trump hater."
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-28% Liberal
"AdvertisementJohnson backed the bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling earlier this year, but voted against the Sept. 30 stopgap funding measure that averted a government shutdown."
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-28% Liberal
"Former President Donald Trump has been rallying allies in the House to block Emmer."
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-30% Liberal
"Former President Donald Trump has been rallying allies in the House to block Emmer."
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-30% Liberal
"AdvertisementHern described that group as the conservative conscience of the conference with nearly 180 members, or about 80"
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-30% Liberal
"Byron's record is stellar, and he's laser focused on enacting a STRONG conservative agenda, Jackson posted on X.The TexanRep. Pete Sessions, 68, has served the longest of the nine candidates, although he left Congress for two years following his defeat in 2018 to Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas."
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-22% Liberal
"Byron's record is stellar, and he's laser focused on enacting a STRONG conservative agenda, Jackson posted on X.The TexanRep. Pete Sessions, 68, has served the longest of the nine candidates, although he left Congress for two years following his defeat in 2018 to Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas."
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-22% Liberal
"Byron's record is stellar, and he's laser focused on enacting a STRONG conservative agenda, Jackson posted on X.The TexanRep. Pete Sessions, 68, has served the longest of the nine candidates, although he left Congress for two years following his defeat in 2018 to Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas."
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-22% Liberal
"Byron's record is stellar, and he's laser focused on enacting a STRONG conservative agenda, Jackson posted on X.The TexanRep. Pete Sessions, 68, has served the longest of the nine candidates, although he left Congress for two years following his defeat in 2018 to Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas."
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-22% Liberal
"AdvertisementBuck was among the 25 GOP defectors who opposed the last nominee for speaker, Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, citing the Ohioan's efforts to overturn Biden's election and refusal now to declare that Biden won."
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-2% Liberal
"AdvertisementBuck was among the 25 GOP defectors who opposed the last nominee for speaker, Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, citing the Ohioan's efforts to overturn Biden's election and refusal now to declare that Biden won."
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-2% Liberal
"AdvertisementBuck was among the 25 GOP defectors who opposed the last nominee for speaker, Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, citing the Ohioan's efforts to overturn Biden's election and refusal now to declare that Biden won."
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-2% Liberal
"AdvertisementBuck was among the 25 GOP defectors who opposed the last nominee for speaker, Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, citing the Ohioan's efforts to overturn Biden's election and refusal now to declare that Biden won."
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-2% Liberal
"The ruer-upRep. Austin Scott, 53, of Georgia ran against Jordan after House Majority Leader Steve Scalise dropped out of the race."
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-60% Liberal
"The ruer-upRep. Austin Scott, 53, of Georgia ran against Jordan after House Majority Leader Steve Scalise dropped out of the race."
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-60% Liberal

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