Rep.-elect Anthony D'Esposito (#NY04) is supporting Kevin McCarthy for speaker, a spokesperson tells FiveThirtyEight.
Rep.-elect Nick LaLota (#NY01) also supports McCarthy, his campaign tells me.
Rep.-elect Anna Paulina Luna on the speaker vote: "I will vote on January 3rd for whoever allows me to best represent my constituents… I do not like to publicly disclose my private conversations with my colleagues."
Source: Rep. Rudy Yakym (#IN02) is also supporting McCarthy for speaker.
Statement from Rep.-elect Mark Alford (#MO04): "Speaker McCarthy is our only path forward to ensure conservative policies are accomplished in the next Congress. We must secure our border, support our military, and stop the Biden-Harris agenda that has crippled our economy."
Rep.-elect Russell Fry (#SC07) also plans to support McCarthy for speaker, a spokesperson tells me.
Rep. Tom McClintock (#CA05) "is supporting McCarthy for speaker," says a spokesperson.
Rep.-elect Josh Brecheen (#OK02) "has not taken a decided position on speaker, but is praying and considering all information," a spokesperson tells me.
And here's Rep.-elect Laurel Lee (#FL15): "No one has worked harder to elect a Republican majority in Congress. Kevin McCarthy has my full support."
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