House Republicans will try again this afternoon to nominate and unify around a candidate for Speaker after their initial nominee Majority Leader Steve Scalise failed to consolidate party support.
Scalise’s chief rival, Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, is running again and enters as the frontrunner. Jordan lost to Scalise in a 113-99 secret ballot vote. “I think I can unite the Conference, and I think I can go tell the country what we’re doing and why it matters,” Jordan told reporters.
At least one Republican, Georgia Rep. Austin Scott, has stepped up to challenge Jordan in a surprise bid. “We are in Washington to legislate, and I want to lead a House that functions in the best interest of the American people,” he announced on social media.
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