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Kevin McCarthy Flips 14 of His GOP Foes. The Rest Are Digging In.

KNOCKIN' ON KEVIN'S DOOR

Kevin McCarthy is just a few votes away from securing the speakership, but these last few votes could be the toughest.

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After 12 rounds of ballots and literally thousands of votes, when the House met again on Friday morning to choose a Speaker, something happened for the first time.

Kevin McCarthy flipped a vote.

Not only that, McCarthy flipped 14 votes—two-thirds of the initial group of 21 that had been voting against him.

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