Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday he will resign from Congress at the end of the year. McCarthy, the California Republican who was ousted as speaker by a faction of his own party two months earlier, said he is leaving “to serve America in new ways.”

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California’s 20th Congressional District is solidly Republican, so McCarthy’s departure is not likely to result in a Democrat being elected to fill the seat.

But his absence will leave the House GOP down a member for at least a few months, further narrowing its already-slim majority and exacerbating its legislative efforts.

Newsom is required under state law to call a special election within two weeks of McCarthy’s seat becoming vacant. That special election must take place between 126 and 140 days later, though it may be able to coincide with California’s congressional primaries on March 5.

When former Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., resigned in January of 2020, Newsom left the seat open for the next 10 months.