(Radio Iowa) – The four Iowans elected to serve in the U-S House for the next two years must await the election of a House speaker today (Tuesday) before they can be sworn into office. All four have said they back California Congressman Kevin McCarthy for House Speaker, but he may not have enough G-O-P support to win the job. Republican Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks of LeClaire alluded to the potential stalemate in a video statement last (Monday) night.

“Back in our nation’s capital where I’m hoping to be sworn in tomorrow on January 3rd,” Miller-Meeks said. “…Tomorrow should be interesting, but hoping that we have a very uneventful day.”

Congresswoman Ashley Hinson of Marion and Congressman-elect Zach Nunn of Bondurant have praised McCarthy for his role in getting fellow Republicans elected to a majority of seats in the U.S. House. A spokesperson for Republican Congressman Randy Feenstra of Hull says Feenstra also supports McCarthy for speaker.