US House Republican Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy failed Tuesday for the first time in a century to win the first round of a presidential election after failing to win the required majority. between Republicans after Republican Representative (Arizona) Andy Biggs ran for president and received ten votes, and nine Republicans voted for alternatives to the candidates they voted for.
And all Democrats voted for new Democratic Minority Leader Hakim Jeffries, who received 212 votes, all Democrats in the House of Representatives.
McCarthy only received 203 votes to move the vote to a second round in which he will again try to win a majority to become House Speaker of the Nancy Pelosi Democratic Alliance.
New members of the House of Representatives may not enter office or take the oath of office until a new Speaker of the House is elected.
Republicans won a majority in the House of Representatives in last November’s elections, but they didn’t get the overwhelming majority they were expecting.
