Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hakeem Jeffries (NY 8) 212 49.1%
Republican Jim Jordan (OH 4) 200 46.3%
Republican Steve Scalise (LA 1) 7 1.6%
Republican Kevin McCarthy (CA 20) 6 1.4%
Republican Lee Zeldin 3 0.7%
Republican Tom Cole (OK 4) 1 0.2%
Republican Tom Emmer (MN 6) 1 0.2%
Republican Mike Garcia (CA 27) 1 0.2%
Republican Thomas Massie (KY 4) 1 0.2%

Note: official party nominees in bold.

20 points

Another 14 tries to go then I guess.

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3 points

15th time’s the charm

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14 points

Is there a way to see how my rep voted? Genuinely curious.

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8 points

He’ll make up the 18 votes he needs with enough arm-twisting. At 200, its just a matter of nagging and brow-beating.

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8 points

looks like 4 Repubs just voted for themselves

lmao

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Reminds me of a scene from Pirates of the Caribbean, where all the gathered pirates just vote for themselves. The deadlock is broken when ONE pirate votes for someone else.

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6 points

I have moved general discussion and updates to here, as this post references an article which covers only the breaking news that Republicans have failed to successfully elect a speaker with the first ballot.

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