Speaker Mike Johnson steps aside as Scalise and Jordan vie to lead House Republicans
Johnson will not seek a leadership post in the next Congress after Republicans lost the House. Republicans choose their leader on 10 November, and Hakeem Jeffries is running for Speaker.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson will not seek a leadership position in the next Congress, he told staff on Wednesday 4 November, the day after Republicans lost their House majority. Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan both said they would run to replace him as the party's leader.
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