NEWS: STEFANIK defeats ROY in race to replace Liz Cheney as House GOP Conference chair race.
VOTE TALLY from in the room:

Stefanik - 134
Roy - 46
Foxx - 1
Jordan - 1
CMR - 1
Present - 9
Stefanik gets 58 percent of all Republicans who cast ballots this morning
STORY @TheHill: GOP votes to replace Cheney with Stefanik, top Trump ally thehill.com/homenews/house…
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