The Waco Republican was one of nine candidates who had filed to fill the seat vacated by former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. He got only eight votes in a closed-door secret ballot conference vote.
U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Waco, and fellow House Republicans depart after a conference meeting where they held a secret ballot vote on whether to drop Rep. Jim Jordan, R-OH, out of the race for House Speaker, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Oct. 20, 2023., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
Sessions got only eight votes in a closed-door secret ballot conference vote. He got the fewest votes, requiring him to drop out of the race per conference rules. U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith of Virginia nominated Sessions in the party meeting. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, who also previously chaired the NRCC, is the highest ranking candidate. He has McCarthy’s endorsement and has curried favor among Democrats for voting to certify the 2020 presidential election. Sessions did not.
Under House Republican rules, a candidate needs only a simple majority within the party conference to get the nomination. But the candidate will need 217 votes in the full House to become speaker.
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