Johnson won the nomination Tuesday with the support of 128 Republicans, far short of the 217 GOP votes he needs to win the speakership on the House floor.
Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana is expected to face a House floor vote Wednesday on his nomination for speaker.
He also filed a legal brief in support of a lawsuit that sought to block the certification of President Joe Biden's 2020 election victory in four swing states. Johnson later said that in a second internal vote, after he was nominated, every member in the room had backed Johnson's bid, including those who initially voted for other candidates.
Emmer was a relative moderate compared to many Republicans in the conference, a fact that drew the ire of key members of his party who identify as hardline conservatives. In 2020, Johnson publicly doubted Biden's election victories in Pennsylvania and Arizona, and he filed a legal brief in support of a lawsuit that sought to block the certification of Biden's victories in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.
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