[The following paragraph to be updated with info as available] Earlier today, the US House Republican Caucus chose its nominee for Speaker of the House by way of multiple rounds of a secret ballot process in which there were [eight GOP candidates to select from](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-republicans-vote-speaker-nominee-third-time-rcna121675) after one of the nine who initially declared dropped out last night. [Per AP/Reuters](), there were ____ rounds and the last ballot’s final tally resulted in a victory for Representative ____ in a vote of ___ to ___.

**Selected Reporting:**

– AP: [It’s Day 20 with no House speaker, and lower-level names seek Trump’s support and race for the gavel](https://apnews.com/article/house-speaker-republicans-emmer-mccarthy-b4eceb0487c51de6695ecd1e49172f17)

**Live Updates:**

– NBC: [House Republicans to choose new speaker nominee: live updates](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/live-blog/house-republicans-choose-new-speaker-nominee-live-updates-rcna121674)

– CNN: [The latest on the House speaker race](https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/house-speaker-candidate-forum-10-23-23/index.html)

– The Washington Post (metered paywall): [Republicans to vote to pick their next House speaker nominee](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/24/house-speaker-vote/)

– CBS: [House speaker vote live updates: Republicans to vote on new nominee](https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/house-speaker-vote-live-updates-10-24-2023/)

– The Independent: [House speaker – live updates: GOP fails to unite around nominee ahead of vote today](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/speaker-of-the-house-news-vote-live-updates-b2434961.html)

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Ballot Round | ___ (R) | Jeffries (D) | Others (R – If Applicable) | Present
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1 (Tues. the 24th) | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___

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You can see our previous discussion threads related to 2023’s various elections for US House Speaker on Days [one](https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/102a8k0/discussion_thread_2023_speaker_of_the_united/), [two](https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1035ppc/discussion_thread_day_2_speaker_of_the_united/), [three](https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1044qog/discussion_thread_day_3_speaker_of_the_united/), and [four](https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/104vin7/discussion_thread_day_4_speaker_of_the_united/) from this January that resulted in Speaker McCarthy; [the House vacating the Speaker](https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/16yy9i6/discussion_thread_house_considers_vacating_the/) earlier this month; the [canceled Speaker vote from six days ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/175kmqc/discussion_thread_second_house_speaker_election/) wherein Representative Scalise ultimately withdrew his name from contention; and the threads for [the first](https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/17a06s3/discussion_thread_us_house_speaker_election_day/), [the second](https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/17aroz3/discussion_thread_2023_us_house_speaker_election/) and [the third](https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/17cbwaz/discussion_thread_2023_us_house_speaker_election/) ballots for which Jordan was the Republican nominee.

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**Where to Watch:**

– PBS NewsHour: [Watch Live: House convenes to elect new speaker as Republican caucus remains divided over candidate](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq2zglAL8Jo)

– C-SPAN: [The House may continue voting in the House Speaker election to replace former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. who was removed from the position on October 3rd.](https://www.c-span.org/video/?531305-1/house-session)

by PoliticsModeratorBot

19 comments

  1. First for GO FORTH AND SPREAD for the MAGAness

    lmao what a bunch of chumps

  2. Oh Good, let’s see what the GOP clown car produces for us today.

  3. Good morning, everyone. Time to put on today’s movie: it’s Groundhog Day. Again.

  4. I would rather have speaker who does not seek Trump’s support.

  5. Has anyone been nominated as the front runner? I don’t think I’ve seen any coalescence around one person?

  6. Posting this discussion thread while the secret balloting in the GOP caucus is still ongoing because I will be on the go today and it’s way easier to format this on desktop than it is on mobile. The first paragraph will be updated with information as events occur.

  8. I’d be very surprised if we get an actual vote today. They seem to intentionally be slow rolling this to be as obstructionist as possible.

  9. Out of the current crop, Emmer probably has the best shot. Which is, of course, to say none, because the MAGAdivision will not support him.

    But he probably has the plurality of votes.

  10. Round 2 tally per Politico and Punchbowl News:

    Emmer: 90

    Johnson: 37

    Donalds: 33

    Hern: 31

    Scott: 14

    Bergman: 7

  15. Seems awfully time consuming to have these manual rounds of balloting. IRV/AV/RCV (three names for the same system, I guess Americans just call it ranked choice) would have had it done in one go.

    I assume they’re using the time to lobby each other

  16. At this point I hope we have some dems vote for emmer. I don’t want him but he’s the least offensive option we have. Obviously I’d take Hakeem any day.

  17. I think Emmer needs to get to 111 to secure the nomination.

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