WASHINGTON - Georgia Representative Jack Kingston is in the race for the Number Five House leadership post. <br>
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Kingston sent a letter Tuesday morning to his Republican colleagues telling them he is running for the GOP's conference vice chair slot. <br>
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He joins Wyoming's Barbara Cubin and Pennsylvania's Melissa Hart as candidates for the position. <br>
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The Number five congressional post became vacant earlier this month when Conference Chairman J.C. Watts, from Oklahoma, announced his retirement. <br>
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The current vice chair, Ohio's Deborah Pryce, is one of the candidates for Watts' job and members can run for only one position. <br>
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If he wins, Kingston would become the chamber's highest-ranking Georgian since Newt Gingrich retired.
