# Scalise withdraws as Republican nominee for House Speaker

Date: 2023

On 12 October 2023, one day after House Republicans nominated him to succeed the ousted Kevin McCarthy, Majority Leader [Steve Scalise](/people/steve-scalise) abandoned his bid for Speaker. A day of meetings had failed to bridge deep divisions in the Republican conference, leaving him short of the votes needed and extending a vacancy that had lasted three weeks.

## People

- Steve Scalise: https://factrail.ai/people/steve-scalise

## Sources

- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/12/republican-steve-scalise-drops-out-of-house-speaker-race
- https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/17/politics/house-speaker-questions-what-matters/index.html

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/scalise-withdraws-speaker-bid-2023-10-12