OAN Staff Blake Wolf
6:39 PM – Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson was unanimously chosen to stay on as the House Speaker. He ran unopposed.
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GOP representatives voted orally, rather than a ballot vote or a roll call, leading to Johnson’s unanimous victory, according to The Associated Press.
Despite Johnson’s (R-La.) victory, the Republican House Speaker will need to win the majority of votes from the entire House chamber in January, which comes out to 218 votes, to hold his position.
Johnson was initially elected as the House Speaker in 2023 following Kevin McCarthy’s controversial exit.
McCarthy was ousted by a coalition of…
