House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., announced his candidacy Friday for speaker. He has been endorsed by former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ...

Sara Dorn is a Forbes news reporter who covers politics. Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) won the Republican nomination for House speaker Tuesday following Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) ouster on ...

A source familiar with the situation said Emmer, R-6th District, began making calls to his Republican colleagues soon after the closed-door meeting that ousted Jim Jordan was over Friday afternoon.

During the heated speaker’s race, Emmer was seen as a trusted negotiator even for conservatives who were more hesitant to engage directly with McCarthy after a tense conference meeting early in ...

Conservative hardliners have started to float potential alternative candidates should House Speaker Kevin McCarthy be ousted, and the Washington Post has reported that Rep. Tom Emmer, of Minnesota ...

WASHINGTON — As House Speaker Kevin McCarthy fought unsuccessfully to keep his gavel Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer was among a group of Republicans who are considered to be on an “A” list of ...

At the very least, McCarthy’s brutal takedown allows Emmer, R-6th District, who currently holds the No. 3 position, to move one rung up the GOP leadership ladder.

Republicans have picked Rep. Tom Emmer as their ... have created since ousting Kevin McCarthy at the start of the month. Emmer briskly left the building where he had been meeting privately ...

Mr. Emmer, the No. 3 Republican in the House, has pitched himself as a unity candidate, but some hard-right Trump supporters have said he was not supportive enough of the former president.

During the heated speaker’s race, Emmer was seen as a trusted negotiator even for conservatives who were more hesitant to engage directly with McCarthy after a tense conference meeting early in ...