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Jim Jordan loses more votes in second ballot for House speaker

Comes as some House Republicans consider giving Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry more power

The Independent UK

Three Texas Republicans stand firm against Jim Jordan in second House speaker vote

Jordan remained 18 votes away from becoming House speaker during a vote Wednesday. Meanwhile, activists in Texas are pressuring Republicans to fall in line behind Jordan’s effort.

The Texas Tribune

Mitt Romney mulled unity ticket with ‘scary’ Cruz to stop Trump, book says

Biography says Romney considered 2016 pairing with senator – who he saw as a ‘demagogue’ – to block Trump nomination

The Guardian - US

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US House chaos continues as Jim Jordan readies for second speaker bid

Republican Jim Jordan set for second bid to be elected speaker after he fell short by 17 votes in first round.

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Jimmy Kimmel on House Republican dysfunction: ‘Maybe we take away their right to choose’

Late-night hosts discuss Jim Jordan’s failed bid to become speaker of the House and Trump’s fraud trial in New York

The Guardian - US

House Republicans reject Rep. Jim Jordan for speaker of the House, again

The House of Representatives remains paralyzed as House Republicans again struggle to agree on any member to serve as speaker.

WEKU

Former Senator Predicts Rocky Tenure For Rep. Jim Jordan As House Speaker

McCaskill expresses doubts over Jordan's ability to navigate Republican chaos and secure lasting speakership.

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Jim Jordan is a conservative hellraiser in the House. Now he’s Trump’s top choice for speaker

Eric Garcia chronicles how the Ohio Republican, once called a ‘legislative terrorist’ who helped Trump try to overturn the 2020 election, is now trying to replace Kevin McCarthy

The Independent UK

Why are Republicans failing over and over to find a speaker of the House?

Many Republicans have no interest in public service, an ideological hostility to functional government and an insatiable thirst for attention

The Guardian - US

Here’s what will happen next — maybe — as Jim Jordan ousted as GOP speaker nominee

Jordan backtracks on pause on speakership bid after temporary solution rejected by House GOP

The Independent UK

Jim Jordan, Newt Gingrich and history

Every Republican speaker since the rise of Newt has been an incompetent troll — or a felon. Jordan's no big change

Salon

Jeff Landry wins Louisiana gubernatorial election; state becoming Republican trifecta

Jeff Landry (R) won election as governor of Louisiana on Oct. 14, 2023. He won outright with 51.6% of the vote. Shawn Wilson (D) finished second with 25.9%. Gov. John Bel Edwards (D)—first elected in 2015 and re-elected in 2019—was term-limited. As a result of the party change, Louisiana will…

Ballotpedia

Jim Jordan vows to press on for speaker’s chair despite second election loss - as it happened

This blog is now closed. More Republicans voted against Jim Jordan than during the initial Tuesday vote; Democratic minority leader Hakeem Jeffries received 212 votes.

The Guardian - US

Republican says she won’t run for re-election because ‘DC is broken’

Congresswoman Debbie Lesko, from Arizona, says ‘it is hard to get anything done’

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Jordan loses ground on second speaker ballot - Roll Call

Opponents of Rep. Jim Jordan’s bid for speaker gained ground Wednesday with a bigger margin voting against him on Wednesday.

Salon

GOPer: Pro-Jordan bullying "backfired"

An anti-Jordan Republican’s wife reported receiving threats from the MAGA Republican’s allies

The Independent UK

Who are the 20 House Republicans who voted against Jim Jordan in speaker vote?

Only six Republicans had publically said they wouldn’t support the Ohio congressman ahead of te vote

The Independent UK

Former Missouri officer who fatally shot a Black man turns himself in after losing appeal

A former detective in Missouri convicted in the death a Black man in 2019 is now jailed after losing an appeal of his conviction despite unusual support from the state’s Republican attorney general

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The Independent UK

House speaker live updates | Jim Jordan set to try again

Bipartisan groups of lawmakers have been floating ways to operate the House by giving greater power to the interim speaker, Republican Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, or another temporary speaker

Ballotpedia

Louisiana becomes second state in a week to enact a ban on private funding for election administration

Voters in Louisiana approved Amendment 1, a ban on the use of private funding for election administration, by 72.56% on Oct. 14, 2023. With Saturday’s vote, Louisiana became the second state to enact a ban on private funding for election administration in the last week. North Carolina lawmakers overrode Gov.…

Ballotpedia

Donald Trump (R) and Joe Biden (D) lead respective presidential primaries in fundraising

Former President Donald Trump (R) leads the field of Republican presidential primary candidates in fundraising with $57 million in cumulative receipts through Sept. 30, 2023. He is followed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) with $31 million, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy (R) with $27 million, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley (R)…

The Guardian - US

Jim Jordan loses US House speaker vote for second time as support ebbs

Tally showed 22 members of his own party opposing him, including four Republicans who supported Jordan a day earlier

The Guardian - UK

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed review – Hollywood beefcake reassessed

Documentary casts the movie star as a painful figure who inspired a new dialogue about Aids, but doesn’t do much to examine his Republican politics

Salon

MAGA still wins, even if Jordan doesn't

Even if GOP normies can block Jim Jordan (for now), they still have to run with Donald Trump in 2024

WEKU

What Republican presidential candidates are saying about the Israel-Hamas war

Israel is a cornerstone of GOP foreign policy and presidential hopefuls are seeking to stand out from the crowded field as they proclaim their views on Israel, Hamas and the Middle East.

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