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Jim Jordan Loses Second Ballot for Speaker

by Bradley Cortright
October 18, 2023 at 1:27 pm
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Jim Jordan Loses Second Ballot for Speaker

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 18: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) walks through a hallway at the U.S. Capitol on October 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. Jordan failed in his bid to become Speaker of the House on Tuesday after all Democrats and 20 members of his own party declined to vote for him. The House has been without an elected leader since Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was ousted from the speakership on October 4 in a move led by a small group of conservative members of his own party. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has lost a second round of voting to be the next speaker.

On Wednesday, the House held its second ballot for speaker.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) won 212 votes and Jordan won 199 votes, but neither won the required number to win the speaker’s gavel.

Twenty-two Republicans voted for other candidates for speaker.

Speaker vote ballot 2

Jeffries (D) 212
Jordan (R) 199
Scalise (R) 7
McCarthy (R) 5
Others (R) 10

Jordan does worse today than he did yesterday

— Jake Tapper 🦅 (@jaketapper) October 18, 2023

The House held its first round of voting on his bid to be speaker on Tuesday, and he lost as 20 Republicans voted against him.

The vote comes two weeks after eight Republicans joined every Democrat in the chamber to oust then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) was nominated to be the new speaker last week but withdrew from consideration as it became clear he would not have enough votes to become speaker.

After Jordan lost the first vote, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) wrote on his personal site that lawmakers should give Speaker Pro Tem Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) more power so the chamber can pass legislation without formally electing a speaker.

Former House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) shared the post on X, formerly known as Twitter, and wrote, “I agree.”

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Bradley Cortright

Bradley Cortright

IJR, Senior Writer He's written for Independent Journal Review since 2019.

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