Majority Whip Tom Emmer led in the first round of ballots when Republicans met behind closed doors in the House basement Tuesday to elect a new nominee for speaker.
Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., arrives as Republicans meet to decide who to nominate to be the new House speaker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. led in the first round of ballots when Republicans met behind closed doors in the House basement Tuesday to elect a new nominee for speaker.placed first among the seven candidates vying to lead the chamber. Rep. Pete Sessions, Texas Republican, was forced out in the first round after receiving the lowest number of votes.
Conference Vice Chairman Mike Johnson of Louisiana placed second and Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida earned the third-highest number of votes. Lawmakers will continue to vote until they whittle down the list to one person who wins the nomination with the majority of support from the conference. Mr.The speaker position has been empty since Oct. 3 thanks to intense disagreements within the GOP over the direction of the conference.
At the start of the voting, the list had already shrunk from nine candidates declared on Sunday. Reps. Dan Meuser of Pennsylvania and Gary Palmer of Alabama dropped out before the vote.
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