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Kevin Owen McCarthy (born January 26, 1965) is an American politician who served as the 55th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from January to October 2023. A member of the Republican Party , he was the U.S. representative for California's 20th congressional district from 2007 until his resignation in 2023.
On December 6, 2023, U.S. Representative Kevin McCarthy, having been removed as Speaker of the House, announced his resignation from Congress effective December 31. A special election was scheduled for March 19, 2024, with a runoff on May 21, 2024.
Representative Matt Gaetz led resistance to Kevin McCarthy and successfully filed a motion to recall him. The 2022 midterm elections resulted in a narrow, 2-seat Senate majority for the Democratic Party and a narrow, 4-seat House of Representatives majority for the Republican Party.
Former Congressman Kevin McCarthy, a Bakersfield Republican, had represented the area for almost two decades when he opted to resign in December 2023: He left the House of Representatives two ...
Just two months after he was ousted as speaker of the House of Representatives on Oct. 3, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has announced his resignation from Congress, effective at the end of this ...
The Louisiana congressman was tipped as a possible challenger to Mr McCarthy back in January, but he refused to compete against him at the time. Now that Mr McCarthy is out, Mr Scalise has ...
In October 2023, Gaetz filed a motion to vacate which led to the removal of Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. The son of prominent Florida politician Don Gaetz and grandson of North Dakota politician Jerry Gaetz, Gaetz was raised in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.
After months of division within the Republican caucus, House members from Kansas and Missouri voted on party lines Tuesday on whether to keep Rep. Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican, in his ...