Theresa May leads UK Tory race

UK Home Secretary Theresa May is ahead in the race to be the next British prime minister, as speculation grows that it may be an all-female contest pitting her against the Energy Minister and prominent Brexiteer Andrea Leadsom.

May has 86 endorsements from fellow Tory lawmakers in her bid to take the helm of the party and the country, well ahead of her challengers, according to a tally on the Conservative Home website late Friday. Work and Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb has 21, Justice Secretary Michael Gove and Leadsom each have 17, and former Defense Secretary Liam Fox has seven.
 
The majority of the party's 330 members of Parliament have yet to commit themselves publicly. Starting on Tuesday, they'll vote in secret ballots to whittle the five candidates down to a shortlist of two.