6:40 PM: In South Carolina, Rep. Nancy Mace faces challenger backed by Kevin McCarthy When eight House Republicans voted last year to remove Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from the speakership ...

Mike Johnson as speaker of the House, South Carolinians saw a few of their own sworn into ... and praise – a stark contrast ...

Kevin McCarthy has been toppled in a right-wing ... that surprised many came from Ms Mace - a moderate Republican from South Carolina. She said afterwards: "I am looking for a Speaker who will ...

He also writes Crooks and Liars. He has a background in enterprise resource planning and previously managed the network infrastructure for the North Carolina Department of Correction.

The same wing of the GOP that ousted Kevin McCarthy is skeptical of Johnson ... Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Ralph Norman of South Carolina and Keith Self of Texas — initially voted against ...