Pete Sessions

Pete Sessions Declines Run For Whip, Will Stay Head Of NRCC

Brian Beutler | November 8, 2010, 9:18AM

Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)

NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions announced this morning that he will not make a run for Majority Whip and will instead remain head of the NRCC for another term. The announcement means the GOP will avoid a tough leadership fight with Rep. Kevin McCarthy, according to ABC News.

That was soon-to-be Speaker John Boehner's preference, and, as GOP sources predicted just before the election, the GOP leadership is transitioning fairly smoothly into the majority.

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