![]() ![]() Ken Buck did not vote in the last five rounds-moves that lower the threshold for a majority. Victoria Spartz of Indiana voted present in the eighth through 11th rounds, while Colorado’s Rep. Anyone in the country can technically be elected speaker, even if they are not a sitting member of the House, though this has never happened. Kevin Hern, and one (Gaetz) for former President Trump. Over the next two rounds, they coalesced around Jordan, before coalescing around Donalds in the fourth round.īy Thursday night, the holdouts were split with 12 votes for Donalds, seven for Oklahoma Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona as well as founding member of the Freedom Caucus Rep. Originally, the holdouts voted for a mix of alternatives, including one of their own Rep. Read More: McCarthy Finally Elected House Speaker After Giving Away ‘Kitchen Sink’ Who did they vote for instead? ![]() Shoving and shouting ensued on the House floor before an apparent agreement was made that allowed the same six to still withhold their votes but this time McCarthy would come out victorious-though McCarthy may have undermined his own leadership to do so. Matt Gaetz-who, at the end of the roll call, voted “present.” Gaetz joined five other Republicans in not voting for McCarthy: When the House returned after a brief adjournment to continue voting late Friday night, McCarthy believed he had done enough to win on the 14th ballot, but he was denied in dramatic fashion by Florida Rep. The remaining Republicans who did not vote for him were: As of the 13th ballot, McCarthy had 214 votes, four shy of the threshold. However, when voting resumed on Friday, McCarthy gained some ground, winning the support of several previous detractors. That was the way it stayed through the end of Thursday. By the third round of voting, he’d also lost the support of:īy the eighth round, he’d lost the vote of:Īnd by the ninth round, McCarthy had also lost the vote of: ![]() McCarthy’s numbers initially got worse over time. Read More: The Chaos Is the Point: The McCarthy Holdouts Are Trolling Democracy He didn’t have the support of these 19 members: At the beginning, McCarthy had 203 supporters, including himself, of the House’s 222 Republican representatives. ![]()
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