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Rep. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.) said on Saturday he will not run for House speaker despite speculation—and after the Oklahoma Republican received calls from colleagues following California Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s historic ouster last week—leaving only Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) in the contentious speaker race.
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Hern, a third-term representative, released a statement Saturday morning arguing a potential three-way race for speaker would have created “even more division and [made] it harder to elect a Speaker.”
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