Tom Emmer beats August Pfluger to be minority whip 

House GOP Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) defeated Republican Study Committee Chair (RSC) August Pfluger (R-Texas) to be minority whip in the next Congress. Emmer has been serving as the majority whip since 2023 and previously chaired the National Republican Congressional Committee. Emmer faced a difficult balancing act in navigating the GOP’s razor-thin majority, with conservative…