The hotly contested race for Speaker of the House turned out to be anything but this week, starting with current Speaker Jason Stephens dropping out of the race entirely. Despite an 11th-hour potential challenge from Rep. Tim Barhorst being floated, current Senate President Matt Huffman was elected as Speaker with no opposition Wednesday evening.

Huffman’s leadership team in the House will consist of Rep. Gayle Manning as speaker pro tempore, Rep. Phil Plummer as assistant speaker pro tempore, Rep. Marilyn Johns as majority leader, Rep. Adam Bird as assistant majority leader, and four Majority Whips: Reps. Riordan McClain, Nick Santucci, Steve Demetriou, and Josh Williams. 11/20/2024