Two-term Utah GOP Rep. Blake Moore won a crowded race Wednesday morning to replace Speaker Johnson as Republican Conference vice chair.
Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, won a closed-door election on Wednesday to become the next House Republican Conference vice chair, a role that was vacated when Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., took the gavel. It’s a low-level leadership role that would set a lawmaker up to rise in the ranks of the conference. Ambitious Republicans quickly jumped into the race soon after Johnson was chosen to be speaker late last month, ending three weeks of chaos without an elected House leader.
In a press conference after the vote, the Utah Republican emphasized the need to de-centralize power within the conference to lift up rank-and-file members. It’s a similar sentiment to what Johnson made when he won the speakership. 'The key part about this role is we need to make sure we empower every single member,' Moore told reporters. 'And this is a hardworking role.
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