- As the chaos continues, Republicans will now consider other candidates for speaker
House Republicans voted out Jim Jordan as their candidate for House speaker after he tried three times – and failed – to win enough support to become GOP leader.
He was ousted Friday afternoon in a closed vote by 86 votes to 112. The House held off after the vote and will not return for a new candidates forum until Monday at 6 p.m. ET.
Jordan’s supporters complained that the vote was blind – meaning Jordan and his allies cannot see who rejected him.
The House has been without a speaker for 17 days, paralyzed and unable to conduct business in less than a month until the government shuts down again.
“I told the conference that it was an honor to be their designated speaker. But I thought it was important that we all know the answer to the question: Do you want me to continue in this role? And so we asked them the question that they had made a decision,” Jordan said after the meeting where the vote took place.
“I’ll be going back to work too.” “We have several testimonies in the Judiciary Committee next week,” he continued. “But it’s important that we unite. “Let’s – let’s find out who this person is, get behind him and get to work for the American people.”
The Ohio Republican continued to lose votes as 25 Republicans – three more than last time – voted against him on Friday
Jim Jordan was ousted in a closed vote Friday afternoon by 86 votes to 112
The Ohio Republican continued to lose votes as 25 Republicans – three more than last time – voted against him on Friday. He lost 20 votes on his first ballot for speaker and 22 on his second.
It shows there is no end in sight to the unrest among House Republicans, two weeks after McCarthy became the first speaker in history to be ousted.
Immediately after the vote, Republicans were at the starting line, eager to get into the race for the top job in the House of Representatives.
Party leader Tom Emmer, the third-ranking Republican in the House, is calling other members to let them know he will run for the post, a source familiar told .
Reps. Kevin Hern, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, Austin Scott, Republican of Georgia, and Jack Bergman, Republican of Michigan, have said they are running for the post – as has the vice chairman of the GOP conference
Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, is also considering a run, as are Department of Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green and Texas GOP Rep. Roger Williams.