Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) beat Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) to become the GOP nominee for speaker of the House, 188 to 31, Punchbowl News reports.
He now has to spend the next seven weeks working to get 218 supporters to win the floor vote on January 3.
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