
Wednesday, December 6 brought a major bombshell from the Wall Street Journal. In a WSJ op-ed, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) announced that he is resigning from Congress. McCarthy does not plan to serve out the rest of his term and will be gone by the end of 2023. The ex-speaker's announcement came less than a week after former Rep. George Santos (D-New York), facing felony corruption charges, was expelled from the House. A special election in the Queens/Long Island district that Santos represented could be quite competitive for...