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On November 15, McCarthy won an internal Republican caucus poll as the party's nominee for Speaker of the House; [45] as several members of the Republican caucus did not vote for him and had expressed opposition to his speakership, it cast doubt on how the 2023 U.S. speaker election, which began on January 3, would unfold.
The speaker of the House of Representatives is the House's presiding officer, and the position is explicitly established by the Constitution of the United States. The House elects its speaker at the beginning of a new Congress (i.e. biennially after a general election) or when a speaker dies, resigns, or is removed from the position by a vote held during an active term.
Official seal of the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Sam Rayburn, longest serving speaker of the House, 17 years, 53 days (cumulative) Tip O'Neill, longest uninterrupted tenure of office, 9 years, 350 days. Theodore M. Pomeroy, shortest tenure of office, 1 day. Rank.
The Louisiana Republican only got 113 of his fellow GOP-ers’ votes today, well short of the 217 total votes Mr Scalise would need to formally win the speaker’s gavel on the House floor in a ...
Rep. Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, won the election to become the new Speaker of the House on Wednesday. The final vote was 220-209.
The candidate to become speaker needs a majority of the votes from House members who are present and voting. Historically, the magical number has been 218 out of the 435 members of the House.
An election for speaker took place on January 6, 2009, on the opening day of the 111th Congress, two months after the 2008 elections in which Democrats won a majority of the seats. Nancy Pelosi received a majority of the votes cast and was re-elected speaker. 2009 election for speaker [ 182 ][ 191 ] Party. Candidate.
Good news, polling fans: 538 now has polling averages for the new presidential matchup between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. As of Friday at 10 a.m. Eastern, our ...