{"id":2436,"date":"2024-11-13T22:17:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T22:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/mcclain-voted-house-gop-conference-chair\/"},"modified":"2024-11-13T22:17:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T22:17:54","slug":"mcclain-voted-house-gop-conference-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/mcclain-voted-house-gop-conference-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"McClain voted House GOP conference chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Rep. Lisa McClain will serve as House GOP conference chair next year, making her the highest-ranking Republican woman.<\/p>\n<p>McClain defeated Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) 146-67-1, with one person voting for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), according to two people familiar with the vote.<\/p>\n<p>The Michigan Republican, who was first elected in 2020 and campaigned with other GOP leaders this year, will replace Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), who was tapped to serve in the incoming Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>The No. 4 spot in GOP leadership was the highest-ranking open slot this year, sparking a flurry of lobbying. Leaning into her efforts to turn the swing state of Michigan red, she ultimately defeated Cammack, who is also finishing her second term in the House.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Lisa McClain will serve as House GOP conference chair next year, making her the highest-ranking Republican woman. McClain defeated Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) 146-67-1, with one person voting for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), according to two people familiar with the vote. The Michigan Republican, who was first elected in 2020 and campaigned with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}