Schedule: House Will Likely Hold Vote for Speaker at 1:00 PM ET Today
Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA)
Representative Mike Johnson (R-LA 4th District), vice chair of the House GOP conference, was elected the GOP Speaker-Designate on Tuesday night.
The announcement came after a closed-door meeting among House Republicans, where Johnson emerged as the consensus candidate.
The race for the House Speaker position within the Republican Party took an unexpected turn on Tuesday when Tom Emmer (MN) abruptly withdrew his candidacy. The move came just hours after former President Donald Trump blasted Emmer in a scathing post on Truth Social, his social media platform. Emmer’s withdrawal has opened the floodgates for a new batch of GOP lawmakers who have thrown their hats into the ring.
Emmer’s withdrawal has led to a surge of new candidates vying for the Speaker’s chair.
