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Related: About this forumMinnesota Congressman Emmer to run for majority leader after McCarthy ousted as speaker
Minnesota Congressman Emmer to run for majority leader after McCarthy ousted as speaker
One of Minnesotas congressmen is planning a run for majority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives after Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the speaker job Tuesday in a historic moment.
Republican Rep. Tom Emmer, who represents Minnesotas 6th District and currently serves as the House whip, confirmed to 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS he will seek the House majority leader role, the second position of command in the House Republican conference, and support current House Majority Leader Steve Scalise for McCarthys old job as speaker.
The speaker acts as the leader of the House and is behind only the vice president in the line to the presidency.
https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/minnesota-congressman-emmer-to-run-for-majority-leader-after-mccarthy-ousted-speaker/
One of Minnesotas congressmen is planning a run for majority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives after Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the speaker job Tuesday in a historic moment.
Republican Rep. Tom Emmer, who represents Minnesotas 6th District and currently serves as the House whip, confirmed to 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS he will seek the House majority leader role, the second position of command in the House Republican conference, and support current House Majority Leader Steve Scalise for McCarthys old job as speaker.
The speaker acts as the leader of the House and is behind only the vice president in the line to the presidency.
I have never been able to stand this guy. No surprise he is from Bachmann's old District.
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Minnesota Congressman Emmer to run for majority leader after McCarthy ousted as speaker (Original Post)
sarisataka
Oct 2023
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rurallib
(63,196 posts)1. wasn't he governor once upon a time?
pazzyanne
(6,601 posts)2. No he wasn't.
He recently became Majority Whip.
dflprincess
(28,468 posts)4. He ran for governor in 2010 & lost to Mark Dayton.
He lost by only 9,000 votes which caused an automatic recount (this is memorable as it was the first election after the Franken/Coleman recount).
The last time the Republicans have come anywhere close to winning a statewide race in Minnesota. Thanks to the Independence Party candidate (Tom Horner) who got around 12% both Emmer and Dayton got just over 43% each. (In 2014 Dayton got just over 50%).
PlutosHeart
(1,445 posts)3. He is a monster.
He wants power really bad.
question everything
(48,797 posts)5. Better than Jordan