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Rep. Jim Jordan dropped as GOP nominee for House speaker

Jordan said House Republicans now need to come together and “figure out who our speaker is going to be.”

By Associated Press

Oct. 20, 2023

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Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, House Judiciary chairman and staunch ally of Donald Trump, meets with reporters about his struggle to become speaker of the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20.
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Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, center right, thanks former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., center in aisle, for his introduction at the start of a third ballot Jordan's bid to become speaker of the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20.
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., thanks his fellow Democrats as his name was placed in nomination for speaker against Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20.
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Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who was ousted by the hardline conservatives in his own party earlier this month, bottom left, praises Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, third row third from right, at the start of a third ballot in his bid to become speaker of the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20.
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Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., the Democratic whip, center, flanked by Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., the Democratic Caucus chair, left, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., right, criticizes Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the GOP nominee, during the third ballot attempt in Jordan's bid to become speaker of the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20. Republicans abruptly dropped Jordan on Friday as their nominee for House speaker, making the decision during a closed-door session after the hard-edged ally of Donald Trump failed on a third ballot for the gavel.
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Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, House Judiciary chairman and staunch ally of Donald Trump, listens to lawmakers call out their votes as he loses the third ballot in his bid to become speaker of the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20.
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A House clerk keeps track of voting as Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, loses the third ballot in his bid to become speaker of the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20.
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Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, pauses for reporters after House Republicans dropped him as their nominee for speaker in a private meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20.
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Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., the temporary leader of the House of Representatives and the speaker pro tempore, speaks with reporters as he departs after a Republican caucus meeting in which they dropped Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, as their nominee for speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20.
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Former Speaker of the House Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks with visitors after leaving the House chamber on Capitol Hill, Friday, Oct. 20, in Washington.
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Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., talks to reporters after Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, was dropped by House Republicans as their nominee for speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20.
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Rep. Michael Simpson, R-Idaho, walks on Capitol Hill Friday, Oct. 20, in Washington.

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