andy biggs challenged him in the closed door vote. he lost that vote. mccarthy won it 188-31. biggs said he will challenge him on the floor. it s clear that mccarthy does not have the votes. biggs doesn t either. he is a far-right conservative and a member of the freedom caucus. i think it s reasonable to view his putting himself forward as a way for the rogue republicans who don t support mccarthy to have a candidate in this race, to kind of prove that mccarthy won t have the votes. biggs was able to get 31 in the closed door vote. he could get some of those on the floor. the mccarthy foes have struggled to provide an alternative. they have struggled to provide any answer to the question of, if not mccarthy, who? with biggs out there, they can at least offer him as a possible