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== Contenders ==

== Contenders ==

*[[Texas]] Attorney General [[Ken Paxton]], who beat back an ambush [[sham impeachment]] to prevail by a landslide in the Texas Senate.  ''See'' [[Paxton impeachment]].

*[[Texas]] Attorney General [[Ken Paxton]], who beat back an ambush [[sham impeachment]] to prevail by a landslide in the Texas Senate (''See'' [[Paxton impeachment]]) and won a federal ruling against the [[Biden regime]] for destruction of the [[Biden border crisis|border fence]].

* Rep. [[Jason Smith]] (R-MO), a [[conservative populism|conservative populist]] who was a late entry and then stunning winner of the coveted chairmanship of the [[House]] [[Ways and Means Committee]], on Jan. 9, 2023.<ref>https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/trump-ally-jason-smith-to-lead-congress-s-powerful-tax-committee-1.1867784</ref>  Rep. Smith became its youngest chairman ever.<ref>https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/pdfgen/2023/01/09/rep-jason-smith-picked-to-lead-house-ways-and-means-committee/75642/</ref>

* Rep. [[Jason Smith]] (R-MO), a [[conservative populism|conservative populist]] who was a late entry and then stunning winner of the coveted chairmanship of the [[House]] [[Ways and Means Committee]], on Jan. 9, 2023.<ref>https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/trump-ally-jason-smith-to-lead-congress-s-powerful-tax-committee-1.1867784</ref>  Rep. Smith became its youngest chairman ever.<ref>https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/pdfgen/2023/01/09/rep-jason-smith-picked-to-lead-house-ways-and-means-committee/75642/</ref>

*Rep. [[Matt Gaetz]] (R–FL), for cleverly and quickly deposing the compromising, establishmentarian [[Kevin McCarthy]] from House Speaker

*Rep. [[Matt Gaetz]] (R–FL), for cleverly and quickly deposing the compromising, establishmentarian [[Kevin McCarthy]] from House Speaker