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Hey, good morning, playbookers. I'm Raguamunovall, and it's Tuesday. Today's show,

Big Day for Republican Leadership. It's our Politico Playbook Daily Briefing.

Before we get into it, a quick House update. As Politico's Zach Montalero and David Cohen

Wright in today's

playbook, Democrat Slim hopes to retain the House majority were just about extinguished Monday.

After three late-night AP calls put Republicans one seat away from securing a House majority.

Worth noting, Republican candidates lead in four more races. Kevin Kiley and the California 3rd,

Representative David Valadeo in the California 22nd, represented Mike Garcia in the California 27th,

and Representative Lauren Bobert in the Colorado 8th. As the Republican Party wrestles with

whether it should stick with its three current leaders, Donald Trump, Kevin

McCarthy, and Mitch McConnell, today is crucial, especially for the first two.

McCarthy faces a vote of House Republicans on whether he'll be their nominee for Speaker

in January. He should easily pass that test, but the margin will tell us how much trouble he's

in. That gives the California Republican a few short weeks

to muster the 218 votes to clinch the gavel. And while the math is tough, he's already

seeing a few positive signs. One, the closed door candidate form yesterday didn't have too many

fireworks, a surprise given all the tough talk from McCarthy's critics. Two, the House Freedom

Caucus is already fracturing yesterday.

None other than Representative Marjorie Taylor Green argued on Steve Bannon's podcast

that the group's attempt to leverage their votes for rules changes was what she calls

a bad strategy that would backfire on the GOP and that they should unite behind McCarthy.

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