Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel says House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) appears to be “on track” to win the speaker’s race.

The vote to decide who will lead the lower chamber is set for Tuesday. McCarthy has reportedly struggled to secure enough vote commitments to earn the simple majority needed to win the speakership despite having the support of influential members of the party, including former President Donald Trump.

McDaniel, who is engaged in her own battle to keep her leadership position atop the RNC, acknowledged McCarthy is not a sure winner but still projected confidence in him.

“I wish we had it decided now. We just won the House and I think any delay in getting our agenda done is a delay the voters don’t want,” McDaniel said in an interview with John Catsimatidis on 77 WABC Radio that aired Sunday.

.@GOPChairwoman Ronna McDaniel – Seeking re-election as Chair. 2022 in review. https://t.co/ihEDODe42l

— John Catsimatidis (@JCats2013) January 1, 2023

“I think Kevin McCarthy has done a lot to elect these candidates, fund their candidacies,” she added. “I think he’s on track to be the next speaker.”

Because Republicans narrowly won control of the House in the midterm elections, performing below many expectations, a handful of defectors in the party threaten McCarthy’s ascension. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), a former chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, announced he would challenge McCarthy for the gavel, staying in the fight after he lost the Republican nomination for House speaker. Other members are making demands of McCarthy, including Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), who said she would not support him without an “accountability mechanism” to remove a speaker, according to The Hill.

CNN reported Friday that McCarthy has been making concessions to various factions in the Republican conference, but he still lacked enough votes to be the next speaker. He is expected to hold a call this afternoon to lock in more support, per MSNBC.

McDaniel acknowledged the uncertainty that still hangs over the contest, saying, “We just don’t know. We won’t know until January 3.”

One Republican governor vows to do all he can to ensure former President Donald Trump is not the GOP nominee in 2024.

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, who is considering a presidential run of his own, was asked by Jonathan Karl, co-anchor of ABC News’s “This Week,” whether he would vote or support Trump if the 45th president did win the nomination again.

“I’m going to do everything that we can to make sure there’s alternatives, that he is not the nominee. And, of course, that’s a – all depends upon who else is out there,” Hutchinson said in the interview that aired Sunday morning. “But I do not believe that Donald Trump should be the next president of the United States.”

“I do not believe that Donald Trump should be the next president of the United States…I think Jan. 6 really disqualifies him for the future. And so we move beyond that. And that’s what I'm going to be focused on,” Arkansas Gov. Hutchinson tells @JonKarl. https://t.co/xCAmiEc9Ly pic.twitter.com/LTm6SvsuqK

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) January 1, 2023

Trump announced a third campaign for the White House in November. It remains to be seen whether any significant members of the GOP will rise to challenge Trump, who remains popular within the party.

Though Hutchinson reiterated his longstanding view that the events of January 6, 2021 – the day of the Capitol riot – disqualifies Trump in 2024, he insisted it was “premature” when pressed on whether he would declare outright that no matter what, he would not support Trump. Still, he argued that Trump does not “define” the Republican Party and stressed there must be “other voices.”

A former administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Hutchinson has now served as governor of Arkansas since January 2015. After winning re-election in 2018, he was barred from another bid due to term limits. Hutchinson has said he is “very seriously” considering a 2024 presidential run but was noncommittal on Sunday.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson warns RNC against putting up “obstacles” to unifying the Republican Party, telling @JonKarl that every candidate besides Donald Trump should have a chance to “showcase their skills and leadership capability.” https://t.co/xCAmiEc9Ly pic.twitter.com/LHc5zpVKvz

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) January 1, 2023

“I’m going to Iowa later this month. I’m excited about that. But no decision has been made now. And we can’t make a decision until a little bit later,” he said. “But I want to be a part of the solutions for America. I want to showcase that there – you can have leaders that address problems and offer solutions and ideas.”

Hutchinson and Trump found common ground during the 2020 election cycle when they both endorsed Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who served as Trump’s White House press secretary from 2017 to 2019 and is the daughter of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, as she ran to be the next governor of Arkansas.

Sanders won the contest and is set to be sworn in as the state’s first female governor on January 10.