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Four hours later, Kevin McCarthy, a f ifty-seven-year-old congressman from Bakersfield, California, emerged with an exaggerated smile. McCarthy, who has more than a decade of service in the G.O.P. leadership, has feathery gray hair and was wearing a tailored navy suit. He had received a hundred and eighty-eight votes, about eightyfive per cent of the conference. “I’m proud to announce the era of one-party Democrat rule in Washington is over,” he said.
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