Here are four of the likely contenders to replace McCarthy as speaker

Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s decision not to seek the top job again after being ousted by members of his own party caught many by surprise on Tuesday evening — while also creating a power vacuum to take over the gavel. GOP lawmakers have already started putting in calls to colleagues in the hours after McCarthy, R-Calif., stepped aside. The House Republican conference is expected to have a candidate forum for Speaker on Tuesday next week followed by elections on Wednesday. WHO IS PATRICK MCHENRY, THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE OF THE...