<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/house-republicans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republicans</a> are set to hold a forum on Tuesday for candidates to make their final pitch in the race for speaker in the GOP-controlled <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a>.</p>
<p>Details about the event, which reportedly will <a href="https://twitter.com/CraigCaplan/status/1711762488998465581" target="_blank" rel="noopener">begin at 5 p.m. EST</a>, were shared by House Republican Conference Chairwoman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elise-stefanik">Elise Stefanik</a> (R-NY) in a <a href="https://twitter.com/RepStefanik/status/1711761372764070141" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post to X</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;This evening, the House Republican Conference will host a candidate forum for GOP Members to hear from Speaker of the House declared candidates,&#8221; Stefanik said.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">This evening, the House Republican Conference will host a candidate forum for GOP Members to hear from Speaker of the House declared candidates. Each declared candidate for Speaker will have 5 minutes of opening remarks, followed by a Q&amp;A session with Members, and concluding with…</p>
<p>&mdash; Rep. Elise Stefanik (@RepStefanik) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepStefanik/status/1711761372764070141?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;Each declared candidate for Speaker will have 5 minutes of opening remarks, followed by a Q&amp;A session with Members, and concluding with a 2 minutes closing statement,&#8221; she added.</p>
<p>Stefanik concluded, &#8220;I look forward to hosting a productive session to ensure we focus on delivering for the American people.&#8221;</p>
<p>An internal party leadership election is expected to follow on Wednesday; a simple majority in the conference, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/09/politics/house-speaker-race-jordan-scalise/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">which CNN says would be 111</a>, is needed to win the party&#8217;s nomination.</p>
<p>Ultimately who becomes speaker will be decided in a full House floor vote. Again, a simple majority will be needed for victory. Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) is serving as speaker pro tempore in the short term.</p>
<p>While Democrats are <a href="https://twitter.com/CraigCaplan/status/1711742102319640945" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expected to rally behind</a> Minority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hakeem-jeffries" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hakeem Jeffries</a> (D-NY), two GOP members have announced candidacies for the House speaker&#8217;s gavel on the Republican side after the chamber voted last week to remove Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA) as speaker.</p>
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<p>The declared GOP candidates are House Majority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/steve-scalise" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Steve Scalise</a> (R-LA) and Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH), who is the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. Both have already begun to <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveScalise/status/1710426849556218120">share their</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ByMonaSalama/status/1709593857715769432">respective visions</a> for the House and called for unity among Republicans. Some members have <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/house-speaker-race-endorsement-live-tracker-steve-scalise-jim-jordan">announced</a> their support for Scalise or for Jordan, while many others in the conference have yet to say who they will support.</p>
<p>Former President Donald Trump, who has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-endorses-jim-jordan-for-speaker-of-the-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">endorsed</a> Jordan for speaker, was reportedly considering an appearance at the forum on Tuesday though is now said to be <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/10/09/trump-change-plans-unlikely-dc-tomorrow-speaker-race-meeting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;unlikely&#8221;</a> to attend. A few members have even floated Trump to become interim speaker, as the Constitution does not rule out non-House members from holding the title, but Trump has signaled he is focused on his 2024 campaign seeking another term in the White House.</p>
<p>Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK), another Republican considered to be a possible candidate for speaker, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/likely-house-speaker-candidate-bows-out-the-need-for-unity-comes-first" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declined</a> to enter the contest. &#8220;I believe a three-man race for Speaker will create even more division and make it harder to elect a Speaker,&#8221; he said in a statement.</p>
<p>There is also some hope within the conference that McCarthy, who had said he will not run for speaker again, will make a comeback. Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), for instance, is urging McCarthy to <a href="https://twitter.com/RepCarlos/status/1711212421744898336" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reconsider</a>. So far, McCarthy hasn&#8217;t quite ruled out a return, <a href="https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1711454084589289750" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, &#8220;That&#8217;s a decision by the conference.&#8221;</p>
<p>As members hash out who they will elect as their next speaker, some have also raised the prospect of reforming or getting rid of the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/motion-vacate-lightning-rod-stormy-house-speakers-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;motion to vacate&#8221; rule</a> that was used by a single member — Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) — to trigger the no-confidence vote against McCarthy. Though a majority of GOP members voted to keep McCarty as speaker, eight Republicans joined Democrats to secure his ouster, citing objections to McCarthy&#8217;s leadership.</p>
<p>The Republican Main Street Caucus <a href="https://twitter.com/CaucusMain/status/1709619808159858922" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the one-person threshold for a no-confidence vote keeps a &#8220;chokehold&#8221; over the House. The group also called for speaker candidates to &#8220;explain&#8221; how what happened to McCarthy will &#8220;never happen again.&#8221;</p>

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