FINALLY! Maybe now we will get somewhere--Nine candidates have joined the House speaker race after Jim Jordan dropped out

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The candidates, who include Majority Whip Tom Emmer and GOP Conference Vice Chair Mike Johnson, are set to make their cases before the Republican Conference on Monday.

Oct. 22, 2023, 2:38 PM CDT
By Summer Concepcion

House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik said Sunday that nine candidates have joined the race for speaker after Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, dropped his bid last week.

Stefanik, R-N.Y., noted on X that the deadline to announce speaker bids was noon ET Sunday.

The GOP candidate forum is set for 6:30 p.m. ET Monday. Then, an internal conference vote will occur 9 a.m. Tuesday. Speaker Pro Tem Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., has said his intention is to move to a floor vote “as soon as Tuesday.”

After his defeat on the House floor for a third time last week, Jordan’s speakership bid fell apart Friday after he lost a vote of confidence at a closed-door meeting of Republicans.

The internal, secret-ballot vote was 86 Republicans for Jordan and 112 saying they wanted to move on from him and go with someone else, lawmakers said as they left the meeting.

These are the candidates who have thrown their hats in the ring after Jordan dropped out:

Majority Whip Tom Emmer of Minnesota​

GOP Conference Vice Chair Mike Johnson of Louisiana​

Jack Bergman of Michigan​

Byron Donalds of Florida​

Kevin Hern of Oklahoma​

Dan Meuser of Pennsylvania​

Gary Palmer of Alabama​

Austin Scott of Georgia​

Pete Sessions of Texas​

 

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