The House hasn’t had a speaker since the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Oct. 3—resulting in a speaker pro tempore, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), and three failed speaker nominees, two of them Republican.
With Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Steve Scalise (R-La.) dropping out, nine GOP candidates are vying for the gavel. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), despite getting all 212 Democrats in his conference behind him, has virtually no shot given that the GOP controls the lower congressional chamber.
