Rep. Tom Emmer selected as new House speaker nominee

Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota has emerged as the House Republicans’ latest speaker nominee after GOP members conducted a multi-round secret ballot voting session Tuesday morning, according to Rep. Elise Stefanik.

Emmer defeated a panel of seven other fellow Republicans Tuesday to earn the nomination. However, it remains to be seen if he’ll have the necessary votes on the House floor to get the gavel.

Here’s the vote tally from the fifth round of House GOP voting for speaker, which was won by Emmer:

  • Emmer – 117
  • Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana – 97
  • Others – 5
  • Present – 1

Emmer’s total is still short of the 217 total needed to win the speakership on the House floor.

Who is Tom Emmer? Emmer, the House majority whip, said in a letter to his colleagues shared on Saturday that he was seeking the speakership with the goal of delivering “historic change.” Kevin McCarthy backed the Minnesota Republican for speaker, which delivered an early boost for his candidacy.

Emmer, who voted to certify the 2020 election in a rebuke to former President Donald Trump, could face resistance from some members of the House Freedom Caucus skeptical of the current GOP leadership team and as Trump’s allies have attacked him.

The former National Republican Congressional Committee chairman was first elected to Congress in 2014 and became majority whip earlier this year. Emmer, who lost a race for Minnesota governor in 2010, was a state representative from 2004 to 2008. He sits on the Financial Services Committee.

Here’s what we expect to happen next: There is no time or date scheduled for a floor vote as of yet. That will be determined by the Speaker-designee. 

SOURCE

Leave a Comment

mbd mbd mbd mbd mbd mbd mbd mbd mbd mbd mbd mbd mbd mbd mbd mbd mbd mbd mbd mbd mbd mbd mbd mbd mbd