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House GOP selects Jordan as speaker candidate, teeing

up House-wide vote
Kevin McCarthy was ousted as speaker last week
By Elizabeth Elkind Fox News

Published October 13, 2023 4:07pm EDT

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WATCH LIVE: Jim Jordan speaks after Republican lawmakers selected him to be their nominee for speaker of
the House
The House GOP conference met to pick a new nominee after Scalise's stunning withdrawal.

House Republicans selected a new candidate for speaker on Friday after days of disarray
kicked off by former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's historic ouster from the job.

House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, was nominated for the position
in a closed-door House GOP conference earlier Friday. Jordan won 124 votes to Rep.
Austin Scott's 81 – an underwhelming show for the race's frontrunner.

Scott, a member with a comparatively lower profile, jumped into the race minutes before it

began.

After Jordan's nomination, Republicans launched into a second secret ballot vote, this
time gauging support on who will support Jordan on the House floor now that he's the
nominee. Fifty-five House Republicans said they would vote against Jordan on that vote.
He can only afford to lose four Republican votes to still win the speakership.

House Republicans selected Rep. Jim Jordan as their new candidate for speaker on Friday. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc
via Getty Images)

Republicans hastily scheduled a candidate forum to pick their new leader on Friday
afternoon after multiple measures aimed at raising the threshold to nominate someone
failed.

It'sthe second time House Republicans had to pick a candidate in the wake of McCarthy's
ouster. Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., won a majority of 113 votes via secret ballot
on Wednesday in the GOP's first attempt to choose a replacement for McCarthy, R-Calif.

HOUSE GOP LAUNCH SERIOUS TALKS ABOUT RULE UPHEAVAL AFTER SCALISE'S
STUNNING EXIT FROM SPEAKER RACE

But fast-growing opposition to his bid forced Scalise to drop out of the race on Thursday
night.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, had been the expected
frontrunner in the race, while Georgia Republican Rep. Austin Scott surprised many —
including, it appeared, himself — when he entered the race after Republicans' closed-door
conference meeting earlier on Friday.

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. (Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

"When I woke up this morning, I had no intention of doing this. It took me a long time to
even get to my wife to tell, her call our friends, be in prayer, because we're not — we haven't
done any preparation or any whipping," Scott told reporters. "But I believe if we as
Republicans are going to make the majority, we have to do the right things the right way.
And we're not doing that right now."

This story is breaking and will be updated…

The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Fox News Photo/Joshua Comins)

Elizabeth Elkind is a reporter for Fox News Digital focused on Congress as well as the intersection of
Artificial Intelligence and politics. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.

Follow on Twitter at @liz_elkind and send tips to elizabeth.elkind@fox.com

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