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FILE - Bakersfield Assemblyman Vince Fong addresses supporters March 9, 2024, in Bakersfield, Calif. Fong and Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux, both Republicans, are vying for the vacant 20th Congressional District seat in the state's Central Valley farm belt. That's the seat formerly held by Kevin McCarthy. (John Donegan/The Bakersfield Californian via AP, File)

California lawmaker Vince Fong wins special election to finish ousted House Speaker McCarthy’s term

A Republican California legislator backed by former President Donald Trump has won a special election to complete the remainder of the term of deposed former U.S.
 
FILE - A sign for Bakersfield, Calif., is displayed over Sillect Avenue at Buck Owens Boulevard on April 20, 2022. Voters in California's 20th Congressional District can be forgiven if they open their ballots for Tuesday's election with a sense of déjà vu. Since former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced in December he would step down from his Central Valley seat, voters have already had two opportunities to vote for candidates to complete McCarthy's term and serve the next full one. (AP Photo/Lisa Mascaro)

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the California 20th District special election

 
Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, leaves the Capitol after votes, in Washington, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican group takes rare step of targeting GOP incumbent who voted to oust McCarthy

 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at a news conference amid threats that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, is threatening to oust Johnson from his leadership post, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Speaker Mike Johnson survived a motion to vacate. Here’s why his job is far from safe

 
FILE - Bakersfield Assemblyman Vince Fong addresses supporters March 9, 2024, in Bakersfield, Calif. In a decision that could leave voters doing a double take, a California appeals court ruled that a state legislator can appear as a candidate in two races on the November ballot. The unusual dual candidacies stem from the fight over the now-vacant seat of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the state's Central Valley. The ruling marked a victory for state Assembly member Fong, a Republican who is McCarthy's preferred successor in the 20th Congressional District. (John Donegan/The Bakersfield Californian via AP, File)

California court affirms Kevin McCarthy protege’s dual candidacies on state ballot

 

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene files motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson

House Speaker Mike Johnson is at risk of being ousted. Hard-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia filed a motion to vacate on Friday during a House vote on a $1.2 trillion package to keep government open.
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FILE - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., talks at a campaign rally March 9, 2024, in Rome Ga. House Speaker Mike Johnson is at risk of being ousted. Greene filed a “motion to vacate” Friday, March 22, in the middle of a House vote on a $1.2 trillion package to keep the government open. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Speaker Mike Johnson faces threat of ouster from Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

House Speaker Mike Johnson is at risk of being ousted. Hard-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia filed a motion to vacate Friday during a House vote on a $1.2 trillion package to keep government open.
 
Current state Assemblyman Vince Fong watches election returns March 9, 2024, at 1933 Speakeasy Pavilion in Bakersfield, Calif. While on the ballot for the 32nd District Assembly seat, he has his eyes on the 20th District seat, for which he also was on the ballot. Fong a California legislator backed by former President Donald Trump and a sheriff who promises to harden the nation's porous borders are facing off in a special U.S. House election to complete the remaining term of deposed former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, which runs through January. (John Donegan/The Bakersfield Californian via AP)

Republican Vince Fong advances to runoff election to complete term of ex-House Speaker McCarthy

California state Legislator Vince Fong has advanced to a May election to decide who will complete the remainder of the term of deposed former U.S.
 

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the race to replace Kevin McCarthy

The first step toward filling the seat vacated by former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy kicks off Tuesday with a special primary in California’s 20th Congressional District.
 
FILE - The U.S. Capitol is seen at sunrise, Feb. 7, 2024, in Washington. The Senate has passed an emergency spending package that would provide military aid to Ukraine and Israel, replenish U.S. weapons systems and provide food, water and other humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, FIle)

Lawmakers honor House clerk who served during chaos of Jan. 6 and McCarthy speaker votes

Lawmakers have honored the official charged with maintaining order in the House during two of the chamber’s most tumultuous moments — the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and last year’s longest race for House speaker since before the Civil War.
 
FILE - Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., pauses as he addresses reporters about efforts to pass appropriations bills and avert a looming government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, set a mid-March special election date to fill the U.S. House seat vacated by former Speaker McCarthy. In a statement, Newsom set the March 19 primary date for the 20th Congressional District contest. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

California sets a special election for US House seat left vacant by exit of former Speaker McCarthy

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has set a mid-March special election date to fill the U.S. House seat vacated by former Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
 
FILE - Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., criticizes President Joe Biden's policies and efforts on the debt limit negotiations as he holds a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Two months after his historic ouster as House speaker, Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California announced on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, that he is resigning from his congressional seat and will leave by the end of the year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Kevin McCarthy endorses Trump for president and would consider serving in his Cabinet

Retiring Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the ousted House speaker, says he is endorsing Donald Trump for president.
 
House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., speaks during the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree lighting ceremony on the West Front of the Capitol, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023 in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The GOP’s slim House majority is getting even tighter with Kevin McCarthy’s retirement

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s margin for error in getting Republican priorities through the House is getting slimmer. The expulsion of Rep.
 
FILE - Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters hours after he was ousted as Speaker of the House, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, at the Capitol in Washington. McCarthy says he's resigning from his congressional seat in California two months after his historic ouster as House speaker. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Kevin McCarthy was booted as House speaker two months ago. Now he’s leaving Congress by year’s end

Two months ago, Kevin McCarthy was booted as House speaker. Now, the Republican congressman from California says he’s resigning and will leave Congress by year’s end.
 
Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., leaves the Capitol after being expelled from the House of Representatives, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Washington. The House has voted to expel Santos following a critical ethics report on his conduct that included converting campaign donations for his own use, making him just the sixth member in the chamber’s history to be ousted by his colleagues. Expulsion requires support from two-third of the House. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

McCarthy was ditched and Santos expelled. The House is making history, but not as the GOP envisioned

The House is making history this year. It’s just in ways that Republicans could hardly have envisioned when the party took control of the chamber.
 
FILE - Speaker-elect Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., puts the gavel down before speaking at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

New Speaker Mike Johnson holds favor with conservatives. Can he unite the GOP where others failed?

New House Speaker Mike Johnson has inherited many of the same problems that bedeviled Republican leaders with far more experience.
 
Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks after he was chosen as the Republicans latest nominee for House speaker at a Republican caucus meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Republicans nominate Mike Johnson for House speaker after Emmer’s withdrawal, desperate to end chaos

Republicans have chosen Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana as their latest nominee for House speaker. This comes hours after another Republican nominee, Rep.
 
At the end of the first round of voting, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, sits withRep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, right, as Republicans try to elect Jordan, a top Donald Trump ally, to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rep. Jim Jordan has lost the first ballot for speaker. Here’s what’s next

Rep. Jim Jordan is facing strong opposition to his speakership bid as 20 fellow Republicans voted against him on a first ballot.
 
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of La., speaks to reporters as he arrives for a meeting of House Republicans to vote on candidates for Speaker of the House on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023 in Washington. Stalemated over a new House speaker, the Republican majority is scheduled to convene behind closed doors to try to vote on a nominee. But lawmakers say Wednesday's private ballots to replace ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy could take a while. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Republican Steve Scalise is seen as a fighter, but becoming the House speaker might require a brawl

He was first elected to Congress in 2008, after more than a decade in the state legislature, and swiftly rose through the ranks in Washington.
 
The Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is visible as House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of La., leaves a meeting of House Republicans after they voted for him to be the next Speaker of the House on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Scalise is the GOP’s pick to be the House speaker but he faces an uncertain path. What happens next?

Now that House Republicans have chosen Majority Leader Steve Scalise as their nominee for speaker, the race is on to secure the 217 votes he will need on the House floor to win the gavel.
 
Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks after a closed-door meeting of House Republicans during which he was chosen as candidate for Speaker of the House on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023 in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Republicans nominate Steve Scalise to be House speaker but struggle to unite quickly and elect him

Republicans have nominated Rep. Steve Scalise to be the next House speaker. Now they must try to unite their deeply divided majority to elect the conservative in a floor vote after ousting Rep. Kevin McCarthy.
 
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters as House Republicans hold a closed-door forum to hear from the candidates for speaker of the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. New polling shows that the unprecedented ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has left no consensus among Republicans about whether his removal was the right move. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans are divided on far-right move to remove McCarthy as House speaker, an AP-NORC poll shows

New polling shows that the unprecedented ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has left no consensus among Republicans about whether his removal was the right move.
 
Former Speaker of the House Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations, killing hundreds and taking captives. Palestinian health officials reported scores of deaths from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

After one week without a House speaker, Republicans appear no closer to choosing a new leader

The House Republican majority is stuck and unable to coalesce around a new speaker. After having ousted Kevin McCarthy a week ago, there is no endgame in sight.
 
Former Speaker of the House Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations, killing hundreds and taking captives. Palestinian health officials reported scores of deaths from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

As Republicans split over who will be House speaker, McCarthy positions himself as a de facto leader

Republicans have no clear idea who will be U.S. House speaker, leaving an unprecedented power vacuum in Congress.
 
FILE—Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, left, and Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., confer during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. The two GOP leaders have emerged as contenders to replace former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy who was voted out of the job by a contingent of hard-right conservatives. Jordan is now chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., has long sought the top post. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

A look at the contenders for House speaker and the demands they’re facing from fellow Republicans

Republicans are trying to rally around a new House speaker after Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s ouster. But they’ll have to find a way to unite their shattered majority before the House can get working again.
 
FILE - Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, center, is flanked by Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., left, and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, D-Calif., as they criticize Democrats for launching a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. Jordan, now chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, is emerging as a contender to replace House Speaker Kevin McCarthy who was voted out of the job by a contingent of hard-right conservatives this week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Donald Trump endorses Jim Jordan to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speaker

Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speaker.
 
FILE - Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters hours after he was ousted as Speaker of the House, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, at the Capitol in Washington. McCarthy spent years tirelessly raising mountains of Republican campaign cash as he worked his way toward becoming Speaker of the House. Now that he’s been ousted from the post, some in McCarthy’s party are wondering if all that fundraising will evaporate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Kevin McCarthy’s ouster as House speaker could cost the GOP its best fundraiser heading into 2024

Some members of the GOP are wondering if anyone can take Kevin McCarthy’s place as a fundraising dynamo and party builder.
 
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., leaves the House floor after being ousted as Speaker of the House at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Most 2024 GOP presidential candidates urge Republicans to stop the chaos after McCarthy’s ouster

Most of the top Republican candidates running for president in 2024 reacted grimly to the ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy by a faction of hard-liners in their own party.
 
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters hours after he was ousted as Speaker of the House, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kevin McCarthy was an early architect of the Republican majority that became his downfall

The day before he was ousted, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was doing what he loved — stopping to greet tourists at the Capitol and gushing over its place in American democracy.
 
The name of Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., remains on the sign at the entrance of the offices of the Speaker of the House on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023 in Washington, one day after he was ousted from the Speaker's position. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

McCarthy’s ouster leaves the House adrift as divided Republicans seek to unite behind a new leader

The stunning removal of Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker has left the House adrift. Republicans are now struggling to bring order to their fractured majority.
 
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., arrives for a closed-door meeting with House Republicans on the morning after he filed a motion to strip Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., from his leadership role, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

These 8 Republicans stood apart to remove Kevin McCarthy as House speaker

Rep. Kevin McCarthy had support from 208 members of his conference to remain as House speaker. But it took only eight dissenters in his party to boot him from the job.
 
Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., talks to reporters hours before Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was ousted as Speaker of the House at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. McHenry was named speaker pro tempore and will temporarily lead the House following McCarthy's ouster. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina is the leader of the House, at least for now

Now that Kevin McCarthy is out of his job as House speaker, one of his top lieutenants is presiding over the chamber while the chamber figures out who will be the next leader.
 

With McCarthy out, who’s in charge of the House and what happens next?

The House of Representatives has entered uncharted territory after the success of a last-ditch, right-wing effort to remove fellow Republican Kevin McCarthy from the speakership.
 
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters hours after he was ousted as Speaker of the House, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker McCarthy ousted in historic House vote, as scramble begins for a Republican leader

McCarthy told lawmakers in the evening he would not run again for speaker, putting the gavel up for grabs.
 
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., one of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's harshest critics, leaves the chamber after speaking on the floor, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. Gaetz has said he plans to use a procedural tool called a motion to vacate to try and strip McCarthy of his office as soon as this week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rep. Matt Gaetz files motion to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy, throwing House into new turmoil

Speaker Kevin McCarthy is facing an extraordinary referendum on his leadership of the House after Rep.
 
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