House GOP Drops Jordan As Speaker Nominee

After Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) failed to get enough support to win the speakership in three House floor votes, Republicans have elected to move on.

GOP lawmakers voted to drop Jordan as their nominee in a new secret ballot in a Republican conference meeting on Friday. The tally reportedly was 86-112. A new candidate forum is expected to take place on Monday.

“We need to come together and figure out who our Speaker’s going to be. I’m going to work as hard as I can to help that individual so that we can go help the American people,” Jordan told reporters after the secret ballot.