Kevin McCarthy is an American politician who is currently serving as the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives. He is a member of the Republican Party and has represented California’s 23rd congressional district in the House of Representatives since 2007. Prior to his current role, McCarthy served as the House Majority Leader from 2014 to 2019.
Start Politician
Kevin McCarthy began his political career in 2002. When he was elected to the California State Assembly, where. He served for five years before being elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2007. He has been serving in the House of Representatives since then and has held several leadership positions. Kevin McCarthy has been elected to the United States House of Representatives multiple times. He was first elected to represent California’s 23rd congressional district in the House of Representatives in 2007 and has been re-elected every two years since then.
House Leader
Kevin McCarthy was selected as the House Majority Leader in 2014 and served in that role until 2019. He was also a candidate for Speaker of the House in 2015 but withdrew. His candidacy before the vote took place. He has not been selected as Speaker of the House. The Speaker of the House is elected by the members of the House of Representatives. At the beginning of each Congress and is responsible for presiding over. The House, appointing members to committees and maintaining order during debates and other proceedings.
The minority Democrats had continued to vote in unison for their leader, New York’s Hakeem Jeffries, the first black person ever to lead a party in Congress.
Friday was the first day that Mr. McCarthy’s vote count actually surpassed that of Mr Jeffries.
Mr McCarthy opened his acceptance speech by joking; “that was easy, eh?”. He outlined a range of Republican policy objectives that included lowering prices, securing the US-Mexico border, and combatting what he described as a “woke indoctrination”.
I hope one thing is clear after this week: I will never give up. And I will never give up for you, the American people. https://t.co/uLqPKa1maZ
— Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) January 7, 2023