Andy Biggs To Challenge McCarthy For House Speaker

Fox News reports:

Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs is planning to challenge House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy for the GOP nomination to be speaker of the House when the caucus convenes Tuesday to choose its nominee, GOP sources said Monday evening.

“Andy Biggs will be a candidate,” said Rep. Bob Good of Virginia. “He will announce tomorrow.” Good, like Biggs, is a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, which has been divided on whether McCarthy deserves their support. Good said he would support Biggs’ candidacy.

Biggs is “planning on challenging McCarthy tomorrow,” a House Republican aide confirmed. Biggs’ challenge could suggest that McCarthy will not have sufficient GOP votes in January with the full House votes for speaker, even if Republicans take over the chamber.

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