NBC’s Scott Wong and Kyle Stewart did the work on putting together a
comprehensive list of where all of the antagonizers who slowed
McCarthy’s ascension to the speakership ended up after committee
assignments were settled Tuesday. A few of the notables:

- Reps. Andy Biggs (R- Ariz.), Dan Bishop (R-N.C.) and Matt Gaetz
(R-Fla.) kept their seats on the Judiciary Committee;
- Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), who like Biggs and Gaetz voted
‘present’ on the final ballots, won a seat on the Oversight and
Accountability Committee, in addition to keeping her seat on Natural
Resources;
- Rep. Michael Cloud (R-Texas) won a spot on the coveted
Appropriations Committee; and
- Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), who was nominated to run against
McCarthy for speaker and flipped to him on the 12th ballot, was
awarded a seat on Financial Services as well as a spot on the House
GOP steering committee, which doles out panel assignments.

And Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is getting prodded to jump into the 2024
presidential primary field from an unexpected — and distant — camp:
Michigan Republicans. “Last month, Bryan , the Republican floor leader
in the Michigan state House, flew to Florida and hand-delivered DeSantis
a letter encouraging him to run for president,” our colleague Alex
Isenstadt reports this morning. “The letter — which was signed by 18
Republican members of the state House, one quarter of the party’s caucus
— called DeSantis ‘uniquely and exceptionally qualified to provide the
leadership and competence that is, unfortunately, missing’” in the White
House.

“While the letter doesn’t explicitly endorse DeSantis over [Donald
Trump], it illustrates simmering discontent with the former president
among Republicans, following a series of elections that saw the party
get bludgeoned at the ballot box,” Alex writes.

Plus, Playbook editor Mike DeBonis and deputy Zack Stanton look at how
senate primaries are starting to take shape ahead of the 2024 cycle,
including in the pivotal battleground state Michigan.

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