Rep. Jim Jordan loses first vote for House speaker
After losing a bid to be elected speaker on Tuesday, Rep. Jim Jordan will try again in a second vote scheduled for Wednesday.
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Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, leaves the offices of the Speaker of the House as Republicans try to elect him, a top Donald Trump ally, to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., talks with House members on the House floor as Republicans begin to try to elect Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a top Donald Trump ally, to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., temporary House leader, right, arrives on the House floor as Republicans try to elect Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a top Donald Trump ally, to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, sits in the House Chamber as Republicans try to elect Jordan, a top Donald Trump ally, to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, seated center, talks to Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, right, and a House staff member, left, as Republicans try to elect Jordan, a top Donald Trump ally, to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, as former Speaker of the House Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., sits behind them.ASSOCIATED PRESS
The nomination of Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, seated center, to be Speaker of the House is applauded in the House Chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., chair of the House Republican Conference, reaches out to Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, center, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, after she nominated him to be Speaker of the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, sits with Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, right, as Republicans finish the first round of voting for him to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17. Behind him from left are former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., and Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, stands and talks with Republican House Whip Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., as they discuss the tally of the first round of voting, as the House votes for a new speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee followed by reporters walks to his office after a Republican caucus meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17.ASSOCIATED PRESS
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of N.Y., speaks to reporters on the steps of the Capitol after Republicans failed in their first attempt to elect Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a top Donald Trump ally, to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17.