As Rep. Raul Labrador launched his upstart bid for House Majority Leader on Friday, he ran into a big problem: He didn’t have his colleagues’ phone numbers.

House Republican members and GOP aides, in interviews with the Washington Examiner over the weekend, said that the Idaho Republican has made concerted attempts to woo his colleagues, whose votes he is asking for in Thursday’s secret-ballot election for majority leader.

Recommended Stories

Four reasons the new Republican-controlled House is already in disarray

In speaker fight, conservatives seek rules changes

Why 218 may not be the magic number for Kevin McCarthy to become speaker