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Posted by: Kate Prince on Jan 3, 2023

The U.S. House failed to elect a Speaker today after no candidate received a majority vote on three ballots, The Hill reports. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-California, who was elected House Minority Leader in 2019, failed to secure the 218 votes needed to win on all three ballots. The failed votes were expected by much of the conference following internal opposition of McCarthy from a small group of GOP members. The House adjourned following the third vote. It marks the first time in a century that the House has gone to multiple ballots for Speaker. In 1923, the Speaker election took nine ballots over three days.