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Moore beats Carl in Alabama battle of GOP House incumbents | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Posted March 5, 2024 at 11:51pm Rep. Barry Moore defeated fellow GOP Rep. Jerry Carl in the primary in Alabama’s 1st District Tuesday, bringing to a close a contentious member-vs.-member election. Moore led Carl by more than 3 percentage points when The Associated Press called the race at 11:49 p.m. Eastern time with an estimated […]

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Alabama showdown looms between Carl and Moore | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

The member vs. member primary in Alabama between GOP Reps. Jerry Carl and Barry Moore is exposing a growing rivalry as it enters its final week.  The Super Tuesday contest will end the congressional career of one of the lawmakers, who are both in their second terms. In advertisements, both men have sought to paint […]

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Alabama congressional delegation votes along party lines for House Speaker; Jordan fails on first ballot | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Backed by Alabama’s Republican delegation, U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) failed to garner enough votes to win Speaker of the House of Representatives during the first round of voting Tuesday. Twenty Republicans voted against Jordan, who received 200 votes compared to his main opponent House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ (D-N.Y.) 212 votes, which included U.S. […]

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Alabama Republican announces his bid for U.S. House Speaker | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Alabama GOP U.S. House member Gary Palmer says he wants to be the next Speaker. UCLA’s Promise Institute assembled a list of candidates who were considered “election deniers” and “election skeptics” before the 2022 midterm election. Palmer was listed as an election skeptic, which was defined by the New York Times as someone who criticized […]

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House Republicans are making a gamble with a possible Jim Jordan speakership | #elections | #alabama

CNN  —  If House Republicans elect hard-charging Jim Jordan as speaker on Tuesday, they will be picking an election denier who is known for working to shut down the government rather than running it. The party would be ending its two-week speakership debacle, but it’d be elevating a ringleader in former President Donald Trump’s attempt […]

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How McCarthy survived House chaos and won over Matt Gaetz to clinch the speaker’s gavel | #elections | #alabama

CNN  —  Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz strode into House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy’s office on Monday night with a list of demands. Among them: The chairmanship of a key House Armed Services subcommittee. McCarthy rejected the offer. That decision set in motion a chain of events that left Gaetz and McCarthy locked in open confrontation […]

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How McCarthy survived House chaos and won over Matt Gaetz to clinch the speaker’s gavel | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

CNN  —  Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz strode into House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy’s office on Monday night with a list of demands. Among them: The chairmanship of a key House Armed Services subcommittee. McCarthy rejected the offer. That decision set in motion a chain of events that left Gaetz and McCarthy locked in open confrontation […]

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Ohio Republican Jim Jordan Surprisingly Turns Down Powerful Speaker Role in U.S. House Squabble | Ohio News | Cincinnati | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Republican control of the U.S. House got off to a rocky start Jan. 3 when the party was unable to decide who should become speaker amid a sharp disagreement within the party’s more conservative faction. California Rep. Kevin McCarthy didn’t clinch the backing of the 218 lawmakers he needed to become the head of the […]

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