House Republicans are meeting behind closed doors Wednesday to choose their leaders in the next Congress.

loudspeaker Mike JohnsonMajority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., and Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., are running again for their current roles with no contests declared as of Tuesday afternoon.

Republican National Congressional Committee Chairman Richard Hudson, RN.C., is also running for another term.

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Majority Whip Tom Emmer, left, Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise are running for the same roles. (Getty Images)

Each of the four leaders will still have to report to the House Republican Conference on Wednesday morning, and the election is expected later that afternoon.

But contests are expected for House GOP leadership positions no. 5 and no. 6. Three House Republicans have confirmed they are running for chair of the House GOP conference: Reps. Erin Houchin, R-Ind., Kat Cammack, R-Fla. and Lisa McClain, R-Mich.

Rep. Elise Stefanik, RN.Y., is no longer running for this role after she was beaten to be ambassador to the United Nations in the new Trump administration.

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House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik is no longer running for the role. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

This position is responsible for overseeing and executing conference messages, as well as setting conference-wide meetings.

Two Republicans are also vying for the role of House GOP policy committee chairman: Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern, R-Okla., is challenging incumbent Policy Committee Chairman Gary Palmer, R-Ala. .

Hern, who is term-limited to lead the House GOP’s de facto conservative think tank, has actively campaigned for the role.

Fox News Digital on Tuesday obtained fliers that Hern’s staff were distributing to fellow Republicans touting Hern’s support for the low-level leadership role.

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Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern is running for the House GOP Policy Committee. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images)

Even if Wednesday’s election comes together without drama, Johnson will have to work hard to win the support of hardline Republican skeptics — some of whom have already signaled they will need to be persuaded by the speaker — in time for The vote of the whole house for speaker in January.

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The election of a Speaker of the House requires an absolute majority vote in the House. While the final numbers are still up in the air, Republicans are expected to retain their single-digit majority.

It means Johnson can afford precious little dissent to win the gavel again and avoid a scenario like the infamous 15-round vote for House Speaker that former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., endured earlier this year 2022.