In a roll call vote on the House floor this afternoon, 20 Republicans voted for a candidate other than Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) denying him the speakership.
That’s significantly more defections than Jordan allies thought ahead of the vote. Jordan could afford to lose no more than four Republicans.
Jordan now has more votes against him than Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) did in January — and that went 15 rounds.
Every Democrat voted for Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).
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