Three lawmakers -- Roy Blunt of Missouri , John A. Boehner of Ohio and John Shadegg of Arizona -- are running for the majority leader post being vacated by Representative DeLay , the polarizing Texan who is credited with much of the party 's Congressional success but who was pushed from leadership in part because of his ties to the lobbyist Jack Abramoff .
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Roy Blunt
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Missouri
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