Discussion: 2023 US House Speaker Election, Day of October 18
Discussion: 2023 US House Speaker Election, Day of October 18
Today's US House session is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Eastern.
Select Reporting
- AP: GOP’s Jim Jordan fails again to win vote to become House speaker and colleagues seek other options
- Axios: House could make McHenry a temporary speaker
Live Updates
- CBS: House speaker vote live updates
- NBC: House speaker vote live updates
- AP: Live updates: Jim Jordan comes up short in second round of voting
Where to Watch
- C-SPAN: House Session: House Session | The House will hold a second round of voting in the House Speaker election to replace former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who was removed from the position on October 3rd.
- PBS NewsHour via YouTube: WATCH LIVE: House convenes again to vote for speaker as Rep. Jim Jordan seeks to unify GOP support
| Party | Candidate | Round 1 (Oct 17) | Round 2 (Oct 18) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Hakeem Jeffries | 212 | 212 |
| Republican | Jim Jordan | 200 | 199 |
| Republican | Steve Scalise | 7 | 7 |
| Republican | Kevin McCarthy | 6 | 5 |
| Republican | Lee Zeldin[^1] | 3 | 3 |
| Republican | Tom Cole | 1 | |
| Republican | Tom Emmer | 1 | 1 |
| Republican | Mike Garcia | 1 | 1 |
| Republican | Thomas Massie | 1 | |
| Republican | John Boehner[^2] | 1 | |
| Republican | Byron Donalds | 1 | |
| Republican | Kay Granger | 1 | |
| Republican | Candice Miller[^3] | 1 | |
| Republican | Bruce Westerman | 1 | |
| Present | |||
| Absent | 1[^4] | ||
| Votes to Win | 217 | 217 |
To see who the hold-outs are and how they're voting, refer to the election of the speaker Wikipedia article. If your elected representative does not appear in the list of hold-outs, they voted for their party's nominee.
[^1]: Zeldin, whose term as a House member had ended with the close of the 117th and previous Congress, was no longer an incumbent representative. [^2]: Former Speaker Boehner, whose term as a House member had ended with his resignation during the 114th Congress, was no longer an incumbent representative. [^3]: Miller, whose term as a House member had ended with the close of the 114th Congress, was no longer an incumbent representative. [^4]: Bilirakis missed the first vote due to the funeral of his mother-in-law.
Jordan says House will hold next speaker vote at noon ET Thursday
House Republican supporters of a resolution to temporarily empower interim Speaker Patrick McHenry are working to maximize GOP votes and educate members about the effort. Florida Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, a chief Republican opponent of Jim Jordan’s speakership bid, said on Wednesday that the speaker designee would lose a “bigger chunk” of GOP floor votes on a third ballot. The 11-term South Florida congressman said he would “never” back Jordan for speaker.
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