Kevin McCarthy Loses for a Ninth Time

After a ninth round of voting, the House failed once again to elect a speaker.

The vote totals for the ninth round:

• Hakeem Jeffries – 212
• Kevin McCarthy – 200
• Byron Donalds – 17
• Kevin Hern – 3
• Other – 0
• Present – 1

This will now go to the 10th ballot — at least — and will be the longest speaker election since 1859.

Republicans still want to adjourn, but it’s not clear they have the majority for that either.

The good news for McCarthy’s opponents is that they have not picked up a single vote so far today.