“We have a new paradigm here and I think the country needs a different direction from the House of Representatives. And it’s a new world, and, yes, I’m running tomorrow for — for Speaker of the House,” Biggs said on Newmax Monday night. “We’ll see if we can get the job done and the votes,” Biggs said. “It will be difficult. I mean, Kevin — Kevin has raised a lot of money and done a lot of things. But this isn’t just about Kevin. I think it’s about the institutional direction and trajectory.” The challenge from Biggs, a former chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, comes as House Republicans’ expectations of a red wave faltered in last week’s midterms. Election projections have yet to call for a majority of House seats in favor of Republicans, but the GOP believes it will end up with a slim majority. McCarthy must win a majority of votes from House GOP members in a secret election Tuesday to secure his conference’s nomination for the post. After that, all members of the House will vote on the floor on the first day of the new Congress in January, when McCarthy would need at least 218 votes to secure the presidency, assuming all 435 members are sworn in that day. Biggs did not appear as an alternative to McCarthy at a GOP leadership candidate forum Monday afternoon, according to sources in the room. Bigg’s challenge comes as the Freedom Caucus pressures GOP leadership to make rule changes that, taken as a whole, will empower individual members and weaken leadership. His plan to challenge McCarthy, however, is not supported by all members of the Freedom Caucus. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) warned that Republicans with a slim majority face risks if they are not united behind a candidate and that a handful of moderate House Republicans could join Democrats in supporting a compromise presidential nominee . “We have to elect Kevin McCarthy,” Green told reporters Monday. “I can’t support a challenge that will allow the Democrats — to elect their own speaker by pulling some of ours.” She added that she is trying to talk to her colleagues who are hesitant to support McCarthy to convince them to support the GOP leader. In a validation of those fears, Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a moderate, told NBC News on Monday that he would theoretically vote with Democrats to support a consensus nominee if McCarthy could not muster 218 votes in the parquet. But Bacon later told reporters he believed McCarthy would reach that number and that working with Democrats “isn’t even a realistic scenario.” There are concerns about who the consensus alternative would be that the 218 House Republicans on the floor might support. Members of the House Freedom Caucus helped derail McCarthy’s bid for President in 2015 after former Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) resigned, making Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) Speaker, who later was seen as a disappointment to some members of the Freedom Caucus. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who previously challenged McCarthy to lead the House GOP, was brought up by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who is not a member of the Freedom Caucus, as a possible alternative solution. But Jordan, who is set to chair the GOP-majority House Judiciary Committee, has repeatedly said he supports McCarthy for president. Biggs told reporters last week that McCarthy’s reluctance to cite articles of impeachment made him question whether he should be president. Biggs has introduced articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and joined impeachment resolutions against President Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland. “I think his recent statement that [we] We should not blame Secretary Mallorca indicates that maybe we will not be as aggressive as we should be,” Biggs said last week. McCarthy has repeatedly downplayed the prospect of impeachment, saying he does not want to use it for “political purposes.” Biggs also called for more “decentralization” of the conference and a stronger policy and oversight plan. “We need to have a very positive statement of what we’re going to achieve and do, and I haven’t seen that yet,” he said last week. McCarthy led House Republicans in releasing a “Commitment to America” ​​policy and messaging plan for a House majority in September, but some members of the Freedom Caucus believe he was not clear enough about plans for the majority. McCarthy supporters reject Biggs’ offer. Liz Cheney trolls Kari Lake for losing Arizona governor’s race: ‘You’re welcome’ Indiana Republican sworn in to replace late Rep. Jackie Walorski “I have respect for Mr. Biggs. But at the end of the day, Kevin McCarthy is our best quarterback. It’s our best fundraiser. He is our best recruiter. He’s done more to win back the majority than anyone in the entire conference,” said Rep. Guy Resenthaler (R-Pa.), adding that not giving McCarthy the whip now “would be an insult.” Mychael Schnell contributed. Updated at 10:06 p.m