House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) won the Republican nomination for speaker.
Emmer won on the fifth ballot, beating Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), 117 to 97.
Emmer now has to piece together a coalition to win 217 votes on the House floor. However, five Republicans voted for another candidate in the last round and one voted present.
It’s worth noting that Emmer got fewer votes in the conference than Rep. Jim Jordan got last week.
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