During a 12th round of voting on Friday, 13 GOP representatives that had previously withheld their support from Rep. Kevin McCarthy cast their vote in support. Despite this, McCarthy did not reach the threshold required, and a 13th vote will be held.
Reps. Dan Bishop, Josh Brecheen, Michael Cloud, Andrew Clyde, Byron Donalds, Paul Gosar, Anna Paulina Luna, Mary Miller, Ralph Norman, Paul Ogles, Scott Perry, Chip Roy, and Keith Self voted for McCarthy, after withholding their support in the previous 11 votes.
Bishop, Cloud, Clyde, Gosar, Miller, Norman, Perry, Roy, and Donalds are a part of the House Freedom Caucus. Rep. Victoria Spartz voted for McCarthy in the 12th round of voting, after previously voting "present" for a number of rounds. Miller said that the change in voting came from negotiations made since yesterday evening’s vote. "Based on negotiations, McCarthy," she said as she cast her vote. Also nominated for the Speakership position from within the GOP was Rep. Kevin Hern, nominated by Rep. Lauren Boebert, and Rep. Jim Jordan, nominated by Rep. Matt Gaetz. Rep Andy Biggs, Matt Gaetz, Bob Good, and Andy Harris voted for Jordan. Reps. Boebert, Eli Crane, and Matt Rosendale voted for Hern. A senior House staffer told The Post Millennial on Thursday that there would be seven holdouts from voting for McCarthy.
Rep. Perry posted to Twitter regarding his decision change:
Rep.-elect Luna also released a statement regarding her decision:
The 12th round of votes garnered 213 votes for McCarthy, 211 for Hakeem Jeffries, Jordan received 4, and Hern received 3.
Correction: An earlier version of this story stated that 13 members who voted for McCarthy were Freedom Caucus members. Corrections have been made regarding the caucus affiliation of the 14 GOP members who voted for McCarthy.
This is a breaking story and will be updated.
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