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Sunak, Mordaunt, Johnson? Contenders who could replace Truss

FILE - Outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks outside Downing Street in London, Sept. 6, 2022. Liz Truss’ resignation as British Prime Minister has triggered another leadership race — the second in just four months — for the U.K.’s fractured and demoralized Conservative Party. There is intense speculation that former Prime Minister Boris Johnson may be making a bid for a return. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file) FILE - Outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks outside Downing Street in London, Sept. 6, 2022. Liz Truss’ resignation as British Prime Minister has triggered another leadership race — the second in just four months — for the U.K.’s fractured and demoralized Conservative Party. There is intense speculation that former Prime Minister Boris Johnson may be making a bid for a return. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file) FILE - Outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks outside Downing Street in London, Sept. 6, 2022. Liz Truss’ resignation as British Prime Minister has triggered another leadership race — the second in just four months — for the U.K.’s fractured and demoralized Conservative Party. There is intense speculation that former Prime Minister Boris Johnson may be making a bid for a return. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file) FILE - Outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks outside Downing Street in London, Sept. 6, 2022. Liz Truss’ resignation as British Prime Minister has triggered another leadership race — the second in just four months — for the U.K.’s fractured and demoralized Conservative Party. There is intense speculation that former Prime Minister Boris Johnson may be making a bid for a return. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file) FILE - Outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks outside Downing Street in London, Sept. 6, 2022. Liz Truss’ resignation as British Prime Minister has triggered another leadership race — the second in just four months — for the U.K.’s fractured and demoralized Conservative Party. There is intense speculation that former Prime Minister Boris Johnson may be making a bid for a return. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file) FILE - Outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks outside Downing Street in London, Sept. 6, 2022. Liz Truss’ resignation as British Prime Minister has triggered another leadership race — the second in just four months — for the U.K.’s fractured and demoralized Conservative Party. There is intense speculation that former Prime Minister Boris Johnson may be making a bid for a return. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file) FILE - Outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks outside Downing Street in London, Sept. 6, 2022. Liz Truss’ resignation as British Prime Minister has triggered another leadership race — the second in just four months — for the U.K.’s fractured and demoralized Conservative Party. There is intense speculation that former Prime Minister Boris Johnson may be making a bid for a return. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file) FILE - Outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks outside Downing Street in London, Sept. 6, 2022. Liz Truss’ resignation as British Prime Minister has triggered another leadership race — the second in just four months — for the U.K.’s fractured and demoralized Conservative Party. There is intense speculation that former Prime Minister Boris Johnson may be making a bid for a return. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file) FILE - Outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks outside Downing Street in London, Sept. 6, 2022. Liz Truss’ resignation as British Prime Minister has triggered another leadership race — the second in just four months — for the U.K.’s fractured and demoralized Conservative Party. There is intense speculation that former Prime Minister Boris Johnson may be making a bid for a return. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file) Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss addresses the media in Downing Street in London, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned Thursday — bowing to the inevitable after a tumultuous six-week term in which her policies triggered turmoil in financial markets and a rebellion in her party obliterated her authority. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) A bookmaker takes bets for the next British Prime Minister after Liz Truss resigned in London, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Truss resigned Thursday, bowing to the inevitable after a tumultuous, short-lived term in which her policies triggered turmoil in financial markets and a rebellion in her party that obliterated her authority.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss arrives to address the media in Downing Street in London, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned Thursday — bowing to the inevitable after a tumultuous six-week term in which her policies triggered turmoil in financial markets and a rebellion in her party obliterated her authority. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) Graham Brady, Chairman of the 1922 Committee, speaks to media in front of parliament in London, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Britain's Prime Minister liz Truss resigned Thursday, bowing to the inevitable after a tumultuous, short-lived term in which her policies triggered turmoil in financial markets and a rebellion in her party that obliterated her authority. (AP Photo/David Cliff) Graham Brady, left, Chairman of the 1922 Committee, and Jake Berry, right, Chairman of the Conservative Party, speak to media outside Parliament in London, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Britain's Prime Minister liz Truss resigned Thursday, bowing to the inevitable after a tumultuous, short-lived term in which her policies triggered turmoil in financial markets and a rebellion in her party that obliterated her authority. (AP Photo/David Cliff) Britain's Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt, right, and Secretary of State for International Trade Kemi Badenoch leave after a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) FILE - Liz Truss, right, and Rishi Sunak on stage after a Conservative leadership election hustings at Wembley Arena in London, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. After weeks of waiting, Britain will finally learn who will be its new prime minister. Truss has only been in office for six weeks. But already her libertarian economic policies have triggered a financial crisis, emergency central bank intervention, multiple U-turns and the firing of her Treasury chief. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)