Jim Jordan Loses First Vote for House Speaker

Momentum for Ohio Republican Jim Jordan’s bid to become the next House Speaker sputtered on Tuesday as he fell well short of the votes needed on the first ballot.

The House recessed in the early afternoon after the vote, which broke down to 212 for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries , 200 for Jordan, and 20 for other candidates, including six votes for former Speaker Kevin McCarthy . Jordan needed 217 votes to win the gavel, and appeared to have won over a few holdouts in recent days. But entering Tuesday’s vote it still wasn’t clear he could succeed on the first ballot.

Another seven House members voted for House Majority Leader Steve Scalise , who had originally been nominated to succeed McCarthy as speaker but dropped out of contention last week after also falling short on the vote count. Jordan was nominated by the party on Friday. It took McCarthy 15 ballots to win the speaker’s gavel in January, a role he filled for a volatile nine months until House members voted to oust him in early October. The House has been unable to carry out normal functions without a speaker since then.Write to Liz Moyer at liz.moyer@barrons.com

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