GOP To Hold Secret Ballot For Speaker On Wednesday

Roll Call reports:

The House GOP conference will hold its internal election for speaker Wednesday morning after a Tuesday evening “candidate forum,” according to a schedule distributed by Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik [photo] of New York.

On Monday night, the conference will also meet behind closed doors for a “member-only discussion.” Phones are to be checked at the door and staff aren’t allowed into the meeting, the invitation says.

The private discussions are being held after GOP conference members pushed back against the idea of a televised “joint interview” with the chief speaker candidates, sources familiar with the planned event said Friday.

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Despite his insistence that his goal was to chair the Judiciary Committee, a post he assumed in January, @Jim_Jordan’s name has long been part of conversations about speakers, though typically as a spoiler. https://t.co/AUj4FoLp5U

— Roll Call (@rollcall) October 8, 2023

The Republican secret ballot vote to pick their speaker candidate will be an interesting test of the theory that while Republicans praise Trump in public, they privately want to take the party in a different direction. https://t.co/3cwRpmIwhd

— Anthony Zurcher (@awzurcher) October 6, 2023

NEW: Why a Trump endorsement won’t mean all that much for Jim Jordan’s quest to become House Speaker.

– Secret ballot
– Already weak influence on Capitol Hill
– Math not on his sidehttps://t.co/1Jfhbco78i

— bryan metzger (@metzgov) October 6, 2023