Battleground Republicans have made their strategy on the speakership vote clear: Forget a consensus candidate, they’re supporting Kevin McCarthy no matter how long it takes.

More than a dozen House Republicans who were elected in districts that President Joe Biden won in 2020 said in a letter to their colleagues Thursday that they’ll support the GOP leader for as many ballots as it takes. Rep.-elect Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), who led the letter, specifically said they would not...

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