House Republicans started over on the search for the next speaker of the House after Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) was ousted last week.
Rep. Mike Johnson was elected the Republican speaker nominee Tuesday in an internal vote by the GOP conference during a dramatic day in which Rep. Tom Emmer won a nomination vote but later dropped out. Johnson, 51, is the fourth Republican speaker pick since the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy . He is an attorney and former radio host who has served in the House since 2017 and is the vice chair of the House Republican conference.
Emmer was the third Republican speaker nominee since the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker. The conference previously nominated Reps. Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan , neither of whom was able to obtain a majority vote of the full House. The full House is scheduled to reconvene at noon Wednesday. That is the earliest a speaker could be elected by the full chamber.
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