Boehner, Blunt Vie to Replace DeLay

AP Online | January 10, 2006| | Copyright

ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
01-10-2006
Dateline: WASHINGTON


Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, gestures during an interview in his Capitol Hill office in this Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2003. Boehner may seek the House majority leader post vacated by Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The campaign to succeed Tom DeLay as House majority leader intensified Monday as Reps. Roy Blunt of Missouri and John Boehner of Ohio telephoned rank-and-file GOP lawmakers seeking support. Both Republicans claimed progress and released names of supporters.

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