Rep. Kevin Hern pitched himself to become the next House majority leader, saying in a letter to colleagues that “no one” would outwork him “as I fight for the policy wins that will help us expand our majority, take back the Senate, and win the White House.”
The third-term Oklahoma Republican made the announcement Wednesday after the House GOP conference nominated the current majority leader, Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise, for speaker.
Hern, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, the largest block of House conservatives, had contemplated joining the race for speaker. But he never formally entered and took himself out of the contest over the weekend after gauging support among his colleagues.
