.ABC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT: Complete live coverage as Kevin McCarthy battles for the speaker's gavel in the new House after a fourth vote fails to elect him.
McCarthy received 201 votes in the 4th and latest round, his least amount of support so far. On Tuesday, he had 203 votes in the first two rounds followed by 202 votes in the third round.
One member, Republican Rep. Victoria Spartz of Indiana, voted present -- a departure from her three previous votes for McCarthy. Spartz's present vote prompted cheers from McCarthy's critics.House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy watches and listens as a fourth round of voting for a new Speaker of the House fails to elect him Speaker on the second day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 4, 2023.
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