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Jim Saksa

Kevin Hern could be an unlikely choice for speaker

The campaign to become the next speaker of the House is shaping up to be a two-way race between Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio, each of whom has already racked up dozens of endorsements. 

But their supporters probably shouldn’t say that to the third potential candidate, Kevin Hern.

“My entire life I’ve been told I couldn’t do something, so it’s been my mission in life to prove people wrong,” Hern told Roll Call in a 2021 interview. 

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