#McCarthy wins GOP vote for Speakership handily over right-wing challenge
McCarthy wins GOP vote for Speakership handily over right-wing challenge House Republicans nominated Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) to be Speaker in a closed-door conference meeting on Tuesday after he faced a last-minute protest challenge from Rep. Andy Biggs (Ariz.), a former chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus. McCarthy won easily, 188 to 31, in the…