Punchbowl News: Minnesota Congressman Tom Emmer OUT as nominee for house speaker

(Fargo, ND) -- UPDATE AND CORRECTION: Jake Sherman at Punch Bowl News has tweeted that Minnesota Congressman Tom Emmer has dropped out of the race to serve as house speaker.  A staffer for Representative Kelly Armstrong shared that tweet with WDAY Radio News. The Armstrong staffer was not the source for the WDAY report that Emmer is out of the race.

INITIAL REPORT: 

A staffer for North Dakota Congressman Kelly Armstrong has informed WDAY Radio News that Minnesota Congressman Tom Emmer is "out" as a candidate to serve as the next house speaker.

WDAY Radio News will continue to follow this developing story.