The candidates running for high-stakes House leadership seats

Potential Democratic leadership candidates

• Speaker of the House: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
• Majority Leader: Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer said he'll "certainly be running for majority leader," per The Hill.
• Majority Whip: Rep. James Clyburn intends to stay in the number three position and run for majority whip, The Hill reports.
• Assistant Majority Leader: Reps. David Cicilline, Cheri Bustos, and Ben Ray Lujan.
• Democratic Caucus Chair: Reps. Barbara Lee and Hakeem Jeffries.

One more thing: Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus Cedric Richmond wrote a letter at the beginning of this month calling for an African-American Speaker of the House or Majority Leader, per CBS.

Potential Republican leadership candidates

According to RollCall:

• Minority Leader: Reps. Kevin McCarthy and Jim Jordan.
• Minority Whip: Rep. Steve Scalise
• GOP Conference Chair: Rep. Liz Cheney.
• NRCC Chair: Reps. Roger Williams, Tom Emmer, Mimi Walters, and Ann Wagner.
• Policy Chair: Reps. Gary Palmer and David Schweikert

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