Hm?

Ah, one rebel vote for McCarthy

I was wrong I thought you could only vote for a nominated person or present

Which would have made the math way more nail biting

Huh, he pulled it off?

Two McCarthy votes,

Nope he hasn't yet.

3rd rebel vote, this one for Zeldin.

4th, for Scalise

5th for Garcia, the vote is dead.

Jordan's ploy failed.

Halfway through the count got 13 R defectors against Jordan, let's see if he hits 20 'nos'

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Yup , 20 Rs voted against Jordan. Time for round 2 I guess?

at what point does this mean Jeffries wins? If more Dems vote for him than R's vote for Jordan?

Nah, he needs a majority of reps overall

Jeffries (or anyone really) can only win if they get 50% + 1 votes. Right now that's 217.

For Jeffries to win he needs 5 R's to flip to vote for him OR 10 R's to vote for nobody.

Either way that's a hill to climb with a bunch of horse trading and Jordan looking like an ass before we get there.

ah, gotcha