Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s final day in Congress was Sunday. The Bakersfield Republican congressman and former speaker’s profession in Washington, D.C., spanned greater than a decade and a half.
All the time a prodigious fundraiser, McCarthy rose rapidly by way of the ranks of the Home GOP after successful election in 2006. His first try to safe the speakership, in 2015, led to failure. He lastly achieved his longtime aim in 2023, after a historic 15-ballot struggle. However his grasp on the gavel was short-lived. In early October, eight insurgent Republicans joined with Democrats to oust him from the speaker’s chair. In December, he introduced he would retire earlier than the tip of the 12 months, bringing his congressional profession to an in depth.
Right here’s a photographic have a look at a few of the highlights of McCarthy’s time on Capitol Hill.
California’s state Meeting members Dario Frommer, left, Speaker of the Meeting Fabian Nunez, Meeting minority chief Kevin McCarthy and Darrell Steinberg chat earlier than the 2004 finances invoice vote within the state Capitol constructing in Sacramento on Might 28, 2004.
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Home Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) performs a mock swearing in for Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) on Jan. 3, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington because the 113th Congress started.
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Home Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), who will lead the 116th Congress, shakes palms with Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) as he palms her the gavel on the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 3, 2019.
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Then-President Trump and Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) disembark from Air Drive One at Los Angeles Worldwide Airport on April 5, 2019, in Los Angeles.
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Home Minority Chief Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) speaks at a press convention on Capitol Hill on March 11, 2021, in Washington, D.C., in regards to the scenario on the U.S. southern border.
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Home Minority Chief Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) leaves a information convention with two unidentified individuals Nov. 3, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
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Home Minority Chief Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) speaks throughout a press convention on Capitol Hill on March 18, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
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Home Minority Chief Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) and different members of the Home Republican management stroll down the steps of the Home of Representatives, the place members of the Nationwide Guard from California have been standing on the base of the steps on Capitol Hill on March 11, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
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Home Minority Chief Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield), heart, prepares to depart after addressing a crowd throughout an election night time watch get together on the Westin, Metropolis Middle, on Nov. 9, 2022, in Washington, D.C.
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Speaker of the Home Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) poses with Senate Majority Chief Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), former Home Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), Home Minority Chief Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield), her husband, Paul Pelosi, and others close to her portrait following an unveiling ceremony in Nationwide Statuary Corridor within the U.S. Capitol Constructing on Dec. 14, 2022, in Washington, D.C.
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Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) pumps his fist as he votes for himself a tenth time within the Home chamber because the Home meets for the third day to attempt to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5, 2023.
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Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) speaks with reporters as he departs a GOP Caucus assembly within the U.S. Capitol constructing on Jan. 3, 2023, in Washington, D.C. That day members of the 118th Congress could be sworn in and the Home of Representatives would maintain votes on a brand new speaker of the Home.
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President Biden speaks as Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and Speaker of the Home Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield), proper, hear throughout a State of the Union tackle on the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington, D.C.
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President Biden, left, Speaker of the Home Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) and Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar attend the annual Mates of Eire Caucus St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon within the Rayburn Room of the U.S. Capitol on March 17, 2023, in Washington, D.C.
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Speaker of the Home Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) and Senate Minority Chief Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) converse to reporters after assembly with President Biden, Senate Majority Chief Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on the White Home on Might 9, 2023, in Washington, D.C.
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Home Minority Chief Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) turns to stroll away after talking to the media exterior the West Wing after assembly with President Biden and different congressional leaders within the White Home on Nov. 29, 2022, in Washington, D.C. Biden met with Senate and Home leaders to debate the legislative agenda for the rest of the 12 months.
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