Rep. Tom Emmer, the GOP Majority Whip, will attempt to cobble together the 217 votes for the speakership that have eluded three other Republicans.
House Republicans officially have their third Speaker candidate in as many weeks: on Tuesday, a majority of the GOP conference nominated Rep. Tom Emmer to win the gavel and put an end to the party’s interminable civil war., prevailed in a secret ballot contest over six other candidates in fiveIn the final ballot, Emmer beat out Rep. Mike Johnson , a senior member of the party's right flank, according to a source familiar with the result.On the second to last round, Reps.
Emmer won more votes than Majority Leader Steve Scalise did when he became the first post-McCarthy nominee for Speaker. But he won fewer than Rep. Jim Jordan did, when Jordan became the second nominee. Immediately, Emmer tried a different strategy. After the final secret ballot vote, he called a closed-door roll call vote, in which members would go on the record to say who they support for Speaker. The idea was to see how close he is to 217 votes—before taking his candidacy to the floor. He can only afford to lose three Republicans in a floor vote.
Though he was an early backer of Donald Trump in 2016, Emmer is seen by some in his party as insufficiently conservative or loyal to the former president. He voted to certify the 2020 election result and has supported sending aid to Ukraine.
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