House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., is seen outside a House Republican Conference meeting in Longworth Building on October 24, 2023 in Washington, D.C.
n a room divided by ideological tensions and personal conflicts, House Republicans on Tuesday nominated Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota to be their next Speaker, making him the third lawmaker to find himself in that position since the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy three weeks ago.
The high-stakes vote to nominate Emmer followed five rounds of secret balloting that drew nine Republican candidates. Emmer ultimately defeated his closest competitor, Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana, with a vote of 117 to 97. Despite pitching himself as a unity candidate, Emmer has struggled to overcome criticisms from the far-right who argue he has not been supportive enough of former President Donald Trump, as he was one of the few Speaker candidates who did not object to certifying President Joe Biden's 2020 election victory in at least one state back on Jan. 6, 2021.
A mainstream conservative, Emmer, 62, has been a member of Congress since 2015 and last year was elected as GOP majority whip, the third highest position in House Republican leadership, in a competitive three-way battle. During the 2022 midterms, he led the National Republican Campaign Committee, NRCC, the main arm of the GOP tasked with electing Republicans to the House, when the party picked up fewer seats than expected but still won a narrow House majority.
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