These 25 Republicans voted against Jim Jordan on the third ballot — underscoring the doomed and futile nature of his ongoing speakership bid
Jim Jordan hemorrhaged even more votes during the third vote on his speakership bid on Friday.
It's the lowest percentage of votes for the majority party's nominee since 1859.
Here are the 25 Republicans who voted against him this time.
Believe it or not, Rep. Jim Jordan is still trying to become the next speaker of the House.
The Ohio Republican called a third vote on his speakership bid on Friday, despite all signs pointing to yet another failure — and the likelihood that he would hemorrhage further votes.
Sure enough, 25 Republicans voted against Jordan on Friday, more than the 22 who voted against him on Wednesday and the 20 who voted against him on Tuesday.
Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Tom Kean of New Jersey, and Marc Molinaro of New Jersey joined the group of Republican holdouts.
Altogether, Jordan received just 194 votes, or slightly more than 45% of the total votes cast.
That's the lowest percentage of votes for the majority party's speaker nominee since December 1859, when the leading candidate received just 35% of the vote on the first ballot, and the House took eight weeks of voting to arrive at a conclusion.
No one really knows why he's still doing this.
"Not sure of the strategy," Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee, a Jordan supporter and one of the eight Republicans who voted to topple Kevin McCarthy, told Insider on Friday morning. "But it's Jim's decision."
The Friday vote comes after a chaotic Thursday for House Republicans. Hoping to buy more time to win over holdouts, Jordan backed a plan to temporarily grant expanded powers to Rep. Patrick McHenry, the current acting speaker pro tempore. But right-wing Republicans rebelled against the idea, and the idea was quickly dropped.
It's unclear what happens next. Jordan's allies have remained defiant in the face of their slipping odds, and one suggested on Thursday that voting would continue through the weekend.
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If Jordan drops out, there are other potential candidates waiting in the wings — but it's unclear that anyone in the GOP conference can get the 217 votes necessary to claim the gavel.
While the idea of empowering McHenry is dead for now, Democrats have expressed openness to the idea, contingent upon further details. And several of the anti-Jordan hold outs who had previously casted protest votes for McCarthy instead cast them for McHenry on Friday.
Here are the 25 Republicans who voted against Jordan on Friday:
Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska
Rep. Vern Buchanan of Florida
Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado
Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon
Rep. Anthony D'Eposito of New York
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida
Rep. Jake Ellzey of Texas
Rep. Drew Ferguson of Georgia
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania
Rep. Andrew Garbarino of New York
Rep. Carlos Gimenez of Florida
Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas
Rep. Kay Granger of Texas
Rep. John James of Michigan
Rep. Tom Kean of New Jersey
Rep. Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania
Rep. Jen Kiggans of Virginia
Rep. Nick LaLota of New York
Rep. Mike Lawler of New York
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa
Rep. Marc Molinaro of New York
Rep. John Rutherford of Florida
Rep. Mike Simpson of Idaho
Rep. Pete Stauber of Minnesota
Rep. Steve Womack of Arkansas
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