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Kevin McCarthy withdraws his candidacy for House speaker

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October 8, 2015 at 4:41 PM

Kevin McCarthy gets into his car

Kevin McCarthy departs

Kevin McCarthy answers a question

Kevin McCarthy walks out of the nomination vote meeting

Kevin McCarthy laughs off a question

Speaker John Boehner arrives for a nomination meeting

Kevin McCarthy enters a House Republican caucus vote

Daniel Webster speaks to reporters

Daniel Webster leaves a House Republican special leadership election meeting

Jason Chaffetz arrives at his office on Capitol Hill

Jason Chaffetz exits the Republican caucus meeting

Pete Sessions talks with reporters

Jason Chaffetz speaks to the media

Raul Labrador talks with reporters

Jason Chaffetz speaks to reporters

Charlie Dent talks with reporters

John Fleming talks with reporters

Peter King talks with reporters

Thomas Massie talks with reporters

Steve King departs a Republican caucus candidates’ forum

Cathy McMorris Rodgers arrives with a staff member

Daniel Webster arrives for a House Republican caucus vote

Kevin McCarthy arrives

Jason Chaffetz and his wife arrive

Jason Chaffetz walks with staff

Kevin McCarthy and his wife arrive

The Capitol in the early morning

John Boehner listens as Kevin McCarthy speaks

In a stunning move, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy has withdrawn his candidacy for House speaker. GOP lawmakers said McCarthy told colleagues Thursday that he was not the right person for the job. He recommended that the election be postponed, and Speaker John Boehner delayed it. “As I have said previously, I will serve as speaker until the House votes to elect a new speaker,” Boehner told reporters. (Yahoo News/wire reports)

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