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Republican formally announces bid to challenge Kevin McCarthy for speaker: Andy Biggs throws his hat into the ring - and makes it harder for GOP leader to take the gavel Rep. Andy Biggs, former Freedom Caucus leader, announced his run Tuesday He has little chance of becoming speaker but could deny Kevin McCarthy Business in the House could grind to a halt if Biggs can just take away four votes Members of Congress are due to elect their speaker next month McCarthy has been waiting years to ascend to the speaker's post.

By Rob Crilly, Senior U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.Com

Published: 21:00 GMT, 6 December 2022 | Updated: 21:00 GMT, 6 December 2022

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Republican leader Kevin McCarthy's path to the House speakership was complicated on Tuesday when hard-right rabbler rouser Rep. Andy Biggs announced he was standing for the post.

As he launched his run, he accused McCarthy of being the candidate of the establishment and promised instead to use every procedural tool at his disposal to thwart Democrats.

Republicans will choose their leader when the new Congress sits next month.

And Biggs' guerrilla candidacy could bring business in the House to a standstill.

'I'm running for speaker to break the establishment,' Biggs, of Arizona, wrote on Twitter. 'Kevin McCarthy was created by, elevated by, and maintained by the establishment.'

Rep. Andy Biggs announced on Tuesday that he will stand against Republican leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy in the race to be House speaker in January

Biggs announced he was running in a tweet, sharing an op-ed