Speaker vote: The 22 Republicans who voted no on Jim Jordan’s second ballot
Jack Birle
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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) couldn’t garner the required 217 votes in the second speaker vote on the floor of the House of Representatives, with 22 Republicans voting against him on Tuesday.
The Ohio Republican won a majority of the Republicans in the House but saw numerous defections from the conference, more than in the first vote, preventing him from being elected speaker on the second ballot. All Democrats voted for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), who did not reach a majority of the total vote.
Jordan, who received 198 votes, can only lose four GOP votes on the House floor to be elected House speaker. Here are the 22 Republicans who voted against Jordan for House speaker:
Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) — voted for Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) Rep. Vern Buchanan* (R-FL) — voted for Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) — voted for Tom Emmer (R-MN) Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR) — voted for McCarthy Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY) — voted for former New York Rep. Lee Zeldin Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) — voted for House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) Rep. Jake Ellzey (R-TX) — voted for Rep. Mike Garcia (R-CA) Rep. Drew Ferguson* (R-GA) — voted for Scalise Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) — voted for Zeldin Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) — voted for McCarthy Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) — voted for Scalise Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) — voted for Scalise Rep. John James (R-MI) — voted for former Michigan Rep. Candice Miller Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) — voted for former House Speaker John Boehner Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA) — voted for McCarthy Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY) — voted for Zeldin Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) — voted for McCarthy Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks* (R-IA) — voted for Granger Rep. John Rutherford (R-FL) — voted for Scalise Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID) — voted for Scalise Rep. Peter Stauber* (R-MN) — voted for Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR) Rep. Steve Womack (R-AR) — voted for Scalise
Jordan only flipped two Republican defectors to vote for him: Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), who voted for McCarthy on Tuesday, and Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN), who voted for Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) on Tuesday.
There were four Republicans who voted for Jordan on Tuesday but voted for other candidates in the first vote on Wednesday.
Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) — voted for Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) Rep. Drew Ferguson (R-GA) — voted for Scalise Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) — voted for Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) Rep. Peter Stauber (R-MN) — voted for Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR)
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The timetable for when a third speaker vote will occur is unclear.
The House has been without its constitutionally mandated leader for two weeks since McCarthy was ousted in a historic vote that saw eight Republicans join all Democrats in removing the House speaker. Jordan is the second nominee Republicans have named since McCarthy’s ouster, as Scalise initially received the nomination from the conference but bowed out when it became evident he would not get to 217 GOP votes.