On Friday, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) came out as the official nominee for the Hosue Republican Conference after Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA) officially dropped out of the race and endorsed Jordan for the speaker's gavel.
As previously reported by the DC Enquirer, after Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) dropped out of the race earlier in the week without getting enough votes to win on the House floor, Jim Jordan became the favorite amongst the majority of Republicans.
Rep. Austin Scott, a McCarthy ally, entered the race at the last minute, however, and was able to rally moderate Republicans to his side.
Scott's efforts, however, were unsuccessful in pulling away enough support from Jordan leading to the Ohio Republican winning 124 votes, a majority of the 217 needed to win the gavel, while Scott had the support of 81 of his colleagues.
A second vote was then taken that resulted in Jordan receiving 152 votes to Scott's 55 votes.
This eventually prompted Scott to rescind his nomination and back Jordan for the speakership. The Georgia lawmaker wrote, "I highly respect Jim Jordan. He is an asset to the Republican Party and our nominee for Speaker. Our conference has spoken, and now we must unite behind Jordan so we can get Congress back to work."
While Jordan has won the confidence of the party conference, he will now have to convince enough of the 55 Republicans who voted against him to back his candidacy on the House floor. He will have the weekend to attempt to whip votes for himself, however, as of now the speakership is still up in the air.
Whether or not Jordan will be able to secure the votes necessary to win the speaker's gavel is unknown given that a number of moderate Republicans could work with Democrats to find a more bipartisan speaker rather than Jordan who is a conservative member of the House Freedom Caucus.
As previously reported by the DC Enquirer, after Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) dropped out of the race earlier in the week without getting enough votes to win on the House floor, Jim Jordan became the favorite amongst the majority of Republicans.
Rep. Austin Scott, a McCarthy ally, entered the race at the last minute, however, and was able to rally moderate Republicans to his side.
Scott's efforts, however, were unsuccessful in pulling away enough support from Jordan leading to the Ohio Republican winning 124 votes, a majority of the 217 needed to win the gavel, while Scott had the support of 81 of his colleagues.
A second vote was then taken that resulted in Jordan receiving 152 votes to Scott's 55 votes.
This eventually prompted Scott to rescind his nomination and back Jordan for the speakership. The Georgia lawmaker wrote, "I highly respect Jim Jordan. He is an asset to the Republican Party and our nominee for Speaker. Our conference has spoken, and now we must unite behind Jordan so we can get Congress back to work."
While Jordan has won the confidence of the party conference, he will now have to convince enough of the 55 Republicans who voted against him to back his candidacy on the House floor. He will have the weekend to attempt to whip votes for himself, however, as of now the speakership is still up in the air.
Whether or not Jordan will be able to secure the votes necessary to win the speaker's gavel is unknown given that a number of moderate Republicans could work with Democrats to find a more bipartisan speaker rather than Jordan who is a conservative member of the House Freedom Caucus.
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