According to CNN, McCarthy has won the GOP nomination for Speaker.

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McCarthy wins GOP nomination for speaker, with 31 Republicans voting against him

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/midterm-election-results-updates-11-15-22/h_bc32be94e417d05ce147ce1c8d0254eb


House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy has won his party’s nomination for speaker, beating conservative challenger Rep. Andy Biggs in a 188 - 31 vote, according to multiple sources in the room.

It was a secret ballot, and McCarthy only needed a simple majority.

While Biggs’ challenge was always seen as a long shot, the number of Republicans voting for him shows how much work McCarthy has to do to win over holdouts between now and January, when he will need to win a majority of the entire House.


EDIT:

The CNN headline and my post headline says he won the NOMINATION, not the Speaker!!!!

[SoCalDavidS]

1. He Still Needs 218 In Full House Vote

What will the 31 repubs do? I think they'll squeeze everything out of him that they can, before finally voting for him.

[Nevilledog]

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Gaetz: Kevin McCarthy couldn’t get 218 votes, he couldn’t get 200 votes, he couldn’t get 190 votes today so to believe that Kevin McCarthy is going to be speaker, you have to believe he’s going to get votes in the next six weeks that he couldn’t get in six years


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[Stuckinthebush]

2. Not surprised

Nobody else wants to captain that sinking stinking ship. Let McCarthy go down with it!

[Just A Box Of Rain]

3. McCarthy did not "win" with 188 and CNN did not report it was a win.

[Sogo]

4. You see my first line above? That's CNN's headline....

"McCarthy wins GOP nomination for speaker, with 31 Republicans voting against him"

[Just A Box Of Rain]

9. Okay. Technically correct, he is "nominated" for to run for Speaker, but

having 31 Republicans voting against him is bad news for his prospects to win the Speakership.

[Sogo]

10. That's all I was saying and all that CNN was reporting:

That he won the NOMINATION. He was being challenged for that by Andy Biggs....

[Just A Box Of Rain]

12. True enough. I stand corrected on that point.

In context, this is not great news for McCarthy's prospects.

[ancianita]

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Challenged by Andy Biggs, Jan 6 aider and abetter of insurrection? Looks like a MAGA's desperate to keep Repubs in disarray.

Also, wondering who his shadow consulting operatives are.

[Marius25]

5. McCarthy only got the nomination for party leader.

You need 218 votes to win the Speaker. If 31 Republicans voted against him he doesn't have the votes.

[Sogo]

6. Reading comprehension, people!!

He won the GOP NOMINATION!!!

[tishaLA]

7. He's going to need to whip some votes if he wants the gavel

I've always maintained he'd never become speaker, in part because I figured whatshisname would stab him in the back for abandoning him after J6 and the recordings of him saying he'd ask him to resign. But whatshisname is much weaker in the party now, so someone else will probably take him down.

[vlyons]

8. Mccarthy won vote to be LEADER of his party -- for now

Not the same thing as Speaker of the House.

[Sogo]

11. No one is saying he won Speaker.

But he won his party's NOMINATION for Speaker, for which he was being challenged by Andy Bigg!!

[Just A Box Of Rain]

13. Probably not the last challenger.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. Speaker or sphincter?

[lame54]

16. Nominated against who

[Just A Box Of Rain]

18. I'm going to extend an apology.

Not only can I ding myself on "reading comprehension" (which is exceedingly painful for me), but in their broadcast reporting CNN is doing a rather poor job of providing "context" over the significance of this vote.

They are mentioning the challenge by Biggs, but it is quite superficial.

How's that?

[Sogo]

19. ....

[Just A Box Of Rain]

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[Kennah]

20. Kevin, Trump, and Mitch! The Unholy Trinity leading the GOP! Huzzah!

I can't think of a better crew to wreck the Republicans in 2024.