共和党众议员格雷格·斯图布（佛罗里达州）正在竞选众议院共和党会议主席，由此与共和党众议员埃琳·霍钦（印第安纳州）和现任主席丽莎·麦克莱恩（密歇根州）形成三方竞争。
Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) is running for House GOP conference chair, setting up a three-way contest between him, Rep. Erin Houchin (R-Ind.) and current head Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich).
知情人士向《国会山报》证实，斯图布将参加竞选。共和党会议主席将在塑造党派信息传递方面发挥关键作用，因为在周二的选举中民主党横扫两院后，共和党明年将成为少数党。
A source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill that Steube is entering the race. The GOP conference chair will play a pivotal role in shaping the party’s messaging as Republicans move into the minority next year after Democrats swept both chambers in Tuesday’s elections.
这位佛罗里达州共和党人的参选，是在中期选举后一天他在网上发帖严厉批评众参两院共和党领导层之后提出的，他称他们“令人尴尬地软弱，与其让选民失望，不如说更害怕保守地执政”，这些选民正是将共和党送上台的。
The Florida Republican’s bid comes after he sharply criticized House and Senate GOP leadership in a post online a day after the midterms, calling them “embarrassingly weak and more afraid of governing conservatively than of disappointing the voters” who put Republicans in office.
“与其坚守我们的原则，你们却因恐惧而执政，不断向会议中的温和派下跪（他们昨晚全都惨败了），并抛弃了像我这样曾警告过昨晚结果的保守派，”斯图布继续说道。“请帮我们大家一个忙，让位给新领导层，让他们能以真正保守的方向领导，并有勇气做我们当选要做的事。”他在周三还对新闻麦克斯“罗布·施密特今晚”节目表示，正在考虑竞选领导职务。
“Instead of standing firm on our principles, you have governed out of fear, continually knelt to the moderates in our conference (who all got crushed last night anyway), and discarded conservatives like me who warned of last night’s results,” Steube continued. “Please do us all a favor and step aside so new leadership can take a truly conservative direction, with the courage to do the things we were elected to do.”He also told Newsmax’s “Rob Schmitt Tonight” on Wednesday that he is considering running for a leadership role.
“我就是不认为我们应该让过去两年负责信息传递的那些人继续留任，我们输了三十多个席位，”这位议员说。“为什么要把他们放回完全相同的职位上，却指望两年后结果会不同？”霍钦周三在致共和党同僚的“致同僚信”中辩称，她“在公共关系、传播和竞选方面拥有二十多年经验”，会议应该选择她。
“I just don’t think that we should putting the same people who were messaging the last two years, and we lost 30-something seats,” the lawmaker said. “Why would you put them back in the exact same positions and think that the outcome is going to be different in two years?”Houchin argued in a “Dear Colleague” letter to Republicans on Wednesday that she’s spent “over twenty years in public relations, communications, and campaigns,” and that the conference should choose her.
与此同时，麦克莱恩在社交平台发帖宣称，获得了数十位共和党众议员的背书，以及两位本周期当选国会议员的共和党候选人的背书。
McClain, meanwhile, touted endorsements from dozens of House Republicans, as well as two GOP candidates who were elected to Congress this cycle, in a post on social platform