A group of (largely) familiar faces have declared themselves candidates for House speaker ahead of a 6 p.m. candidate forum, House Conference Chair Elise Stefanik announced.
Those include:
Rep. Mike Johnson (La.)
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (Tenn.)
Rep. Byron Donalds (Fla.)
Rep. Mark Green (Tenn.)
Rep. Roger Williams (Texas)
Their entrance comes after House Majority Whip Tom Emmer dropped out shortly after landing his party’s nomination earlier Tuesday.
Rep. Kevin Hern (Okla.), who lost in an earlier round of voting Tuesday, had said he would run again but decided to drop out to support Johnson.
“It’s time for us to get back to work and Mike Johnson can do that,” Hern told POLITICO.
Jordain Carney contributed to this report.
