"Texan Pete Sessions Emerges as Sole Contender in House Speaker Race"

U.S. Representative Pete Sessions, a Republican from Texas, is running for House Speaker, joining eight other candidates vying for the position. Sessions, who has decades of experience in Congress and a record of winning seats for his party, is not the favored candidate within the conference. The Republican conference will vote on its nominee on Tuesday. Sessions is campaigning on his record as former chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee and the House Rules Committee, emphasizing his ability to unify the fractured Republican conference and win elections. No endorsements have been made public yet, but if Sessions can secure the support of the entire Texas delegation, it would significantly boost his chances.