The 2023 election of the U.S. Speaker of the House has been historically indecisive.
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On Jan. 3, 2023, the House of Representatives of the 118th U.S. Congress convened to elect a Speaker of the House. Six rounds of voting later, at the time of this reporting, no candidate had received enough support for the job. The expected victor had been Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California.photo on Reddit of the leading candidate is captioned"Representative Kevin McCarthy in the House Chamber watching the vote for Speaker of the House.
"U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy Reacts as Representatives..." Getty Images, https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/house-minority-leader-kevin-mccarthy-reacts-as-news-photo/1454030296. Accessed 4 Jan. 2023. Alex Kasprak is an investigative journalist and science writer reporting on scientific misinformation, online fraud, and financial crime.
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