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Stefanik was elected behind closed doors this morning by a slew of GOP lawmakers representing the full breadth of the Republican spectrum. Moderate Rep. John Katko, R-N.Y., who vote to impeach Trump, freshman Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, who Stefanik recruited and supported during her run for office, and Trump loyalist Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa.

\"Republicans have a strong agenda for this country… We as a conference have a very important story to tell,\" Hinson said in remarks obtained by ABC News. \"Elise is the right person to unify us so that we can best tell it to the American people. Let’s unite behind Elise and unite behind a goal I know we all share—taking back the House in 2022.\"

The 36-year-old New York Republican's only competition was Roy, a conservative who has essentially said he is running because he doesn’t like the idea of Stefanik running for leadership unopposed.

Walking into the GOP conference meeting Friday morning, Roy told reporters he didn't have a \"whole lot of time to whip\" for votes. Despite some questions about how conservative Stefanik is, Roy said if Stefanik was chosen to succeed Cheney, the conference will be united.

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PHOTO: Rep. Chip Roy, center, arrives as the House Republican Conference meets to elect a new chairman to replace Rep. Liz Cheney, who was ousted from the GOP leadership, at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., May 14, 2021.
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\"I am always going to try to be a voice for advancing the policies that I think are right and to try to make sure that we're representing the people, but we'll all be united,\" Roy said. \"It's pretty easy to unite against the radical agenda of the current administration. I mean, we're seeing it play out right now in terms of energy prices. gas lines, people who don't have jobs because we're paying people not to work. There's businesses they want to hire them. So, we're gonna be united doing that.\"

Some conservative House members including Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., and Rep. Laura Boebert, R-Colo., will back Roy, preferring his conservative record.

House Republicans voted to remove Cheney from leadership Wednesday after she repeatedly condemned him for provoking the Jan 6. violent assault on the Capitol by his supporters and for claiming he won the election.

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PHOTO: Rep. Liz Cheney speaks to reporters after her removal as chair of the House Republican Conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., May 12, 2021.
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Cheney, despite being ousted from leadership, said she is \"absolutely\" running for reelection to the House in 2022, also said Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy \"is not leading with principle right now,\" calling his example \"sad\" and \"dangerous.\"

ABC News' Quinn Scanlan contributed to this report.

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