House Conference Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers will not run for House majority leader, her spokesman confirmed.
“She is not running,” Rogers spokesman Nate Hodson said.
Her exit from the race leaves Reps. Tom Price, the House Budget Committee chairman, and Steve Scalise, the majority whip, vying for the post.
Price, of Georgia, is endorsed by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., while Scalise, of Louisiana, has built relationships with the rank and file as head vote counter.
McMorris Rodgers, of Washington, the highest ranking GOP woman in the House, will remain chairwoman of the GOP conference.
