A day after handily winning reelection to represent Louisiana's First Congressional District, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise announced his intention to run for the position of Majority Leader.
The congressman made his announcement on his congressional web site.
"With this bold, conservative agenda in mind, I am asking for your support to be the next House Majority Leader," Scalise wrote.
Complete results of the mid-term elections are not in yet, but the Republican Party could end up with a narrow majority in the House.
Should that happen, the current House Minority Leader, Republican Kevin McCarthy, would be in prime position to be the next Speaker of the House. Scalise would then be poised to move up to the number two position in House leadership.
