Majority Whip Tom Emmer led in the first and second and third rounds of ballots when Republicans met behind closed doors in the House basement Tuesday to elect a new nominee for speaker.
The list of what was originally nine candidates has been reduced to four: Mr. Emmer of Minnesota, Conference Vice Chair Mike Johnson of Louisiana, Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida and Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern of Oklahoma.
Lawmakers will continue to vote until they whittle down the list to one person who wins the nomination with the majority of support from the conference. Mr. Emmer garnered 78 votes in the first round in the 221-member House Republican Conference and 90 votes in the second round. He picked up an additional ten votes in the third round and is well ahead of Mr. Johnson’s 42 votes and Mr. Donalds’s 32 votes.The speaker position has been empty since Oct.
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