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Freedom Caucus says there will be an 'alternative challenger' to Kevin McCarthy for House speaker
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The hardline Freedom Caucus is poised to offer an "alternative" to Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy as House speaker, according to a spokesperson for likely candidate Rep. Andy Biggs.
Biggs, who chaired the Freedom Caucus until earlier this year, is reportedly mulling a run against McCarthy in either the internal House Republican conference vote set for Tuesday or on the floor in January. The fire-brand GOP lawmakers' staff did not clarify if he would be a candidate. Haris Alic is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital covering Congress.
Rumors within the Freedom Caucus, however, have grown in recent days that Biggs is likely to make a bid for the speaker's gavel. Several top Republican aides told Fox News Digital they had heard Biggs was weighing a run.