House Majority Whip Tom Emmer is out of the race for speaker
Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., has dropped out of the race for speaker hours after being named House Republicans’ nominee. Emmer won a majority of the GOP Conference on Tuesday morning after five rounds of voting, against six other potential candidates. But it quickly became clear that he did not have enough support to outright win a House-wide vote.
Both lost to Emmer earlier in the day. 'This morning, the Republican Conference met to elect a Speaker. I supported Kevin Hern until he was eliminated from the ballot, at which time I supported Mike Johnson,' Rosendale said on X. 'Tom Emmer has secured the nomination but no longer has a path to secure 217 votes.
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