Dan Webster Not Sure if He'll Try Again to be House Speaker

U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla., challenged U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, in a leadership fight at the start of the year but noted on Friday he has not made up his mind about another bid for the gavel. 

After Boehner announced on Friday that he is stepping down at the end of next month from Congress, Webster emailed supporters, insisting he is not sure what he will do even as allies urge him to try again. 

“Speaker Boehner announced this morning that he will resign his seat in the US House of Representatives at the end of October, stepping down from his post as Speaker.  I do believe that it is time for us to turn a new page in the House of Representatives - one that promotes principle-based policy,” Webster noted on Friday. “Many members of Congress and supporters, above and beyond those who voted to elect me as speaker in January, have already reached out to ask me to run for speaker. I am honored that they would consider me, however, I have not yet come to a decision on what I will do. I strongly believe that something must change if we are going to move our country in the right direction.”