Kingston trying for GOP leadership

WASHINGTON - Georgia Representative Jack Kingston is in the race for the Number Five House leadership post. <br> <br> Kingston sent a letter Tuesday morning to his Republican colleagues telling them he is running for the GOP&#39;s conference vice chair slot. <br> <br> He joins Wyoming&#39;s Barbara Cubin and Pennsylvania&#39;s Melissa Hart as candidates for the position. <br> <br> The Number five congressional post became vacant earlier this month when Conference Chairman J.C. Watts, from Oklahoma, announced his retirement. <br> <br> The current vice chair, Ohio&#39;s Deborah Pryce, is one of the candidates for Watts&#39; job and members can run for only one position. <br> <br> If he wins, Kingston would become the chamber&#39;s highest-ranking Georgian since Newt Gingrich retired.

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