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- Oct 7, 2019
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Or not....Mike Johnson came up short in his bid to remain speaker on the first ballot.
Reps. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Keith Self (R-Texas) voted against Johnson in the alphabetical roll call vote. Johnson can only afford to lose one GOP vote and still reclaim the gavel, meaning he needs to flip at least two of those members in subsequent ballots and not lose any other support.
About a dozen other Republicans who were undecided going into the vote opted to back Johnson. Six of them were silent during the initial roll call but later voted for Johnson: Reps. Andy Biggs (Ariz.), Michael Cloud (Texas), Andy Harris (Md.), Andrew Clyde (Ga.), Chip Roy (Texas) and Paul Gosar (Ariz.).






The Louisiana Republican won along party lines during the first round of voting, a stark contrast to his predecessor’s drawn-out, 15-round battle in 2023.

Mike Johnson re-elected House speaker as GOP mutiny threat dissolves
Speaker-designate Mike Johnson, R-La., won a majority of voting members in the House of Representatives.
Looks like we have another 0311 thread fail.