Who could be Republicans' next speaker candidate after Scalise bowed out?
House Republicans are expected to meet on Friday to discuss what's next
Scalise won a closed-door secret ballot vote to be the House GOP’s new candidate for speaker on Wednesday afternoon. However, it quickly became clear that he did not have the 217 votes needed to win a House-wide vote.
Republicans could begin voting on a new candidate as soon as Thursday, and several names have been floated as possible nominees.
Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio... Jordan was the only other formally declared candidate in the House GOP’s race for speaker, netting 99 votes to Scalise’s 113.
He
had dozens more public endorsements than Scalise, however, and despite
publicly backing the Louisiana Republican after the first conference
vote, several members still said they would vote for him on the House
floor. Read more and see video here.
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