Skip to content
Haley Byrd Wilt /

Kevin McCarthy’s Bad Night

His path to the speakership became much more complicated once election results started appearing.
Repulicans and Kevin McCarthy Election Night Watch Party
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), addresses a crowd during an election night watch party. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images.)

By early Wednesday morning, it remained unclear whether Republicans would retake the House. Yet one thing quickly became clear on Election Night: GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy’s path to becoming speaker will be a lot rockier than expected.

It could be days, or even weeks, before we’ll know the exact breakdown of seats.

Haley Wilt is a former associate editor for The Dispatch.

More We Think You’d Like

Loading