After an eighth vote, the House of Representatives still has yet to choose a Speaker of the House, as of 3:30 PM on Thursday.
Since voting began, Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s vote share has only dipped, and a bloc of 20 Republicans now won’t back his bid for speaker, despite numerous concessions reportedly offered.
Here is the full list of McCarthy dissidents, as of the 8th vote:
- Rep. Andy Biggs
- Rep. Dan Bishop
- Rep. Lauren Boebert
- Rep.-elect Josh Brecheen
- Rep. Michael Cloud
- Rep. Andrew Clyde
- Rep.-elect Eli Crane
- Rep. Byron Donalds
- Rep. Matt Gaetz
- Rep. Bob Good
- Rep. Paul Gosar
- Rep. Andy Harris
- Rep.-elect Anna Paulina Luna
- Rep. Mary Miller
- Rep. Ralph Norman
- Rep.-elect Andy Ogles
- Rep. Scott Perry
- Rep. Matt Rosendale
- Rep. Chip Roy
- Rep.-elect Keith Self

The historic battle for the speakership in the 118th Congress is now entering a 9th round of voting.
A Speaker of the House was not selected on day one for the first time in exactly a century, and the selection has taken longer than six votes just eight times in American history.
The 2023 speakership battle has now officially dragged on longer than the last contested speaker election, which occurred one century ago in 1923.
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Jim Jordan all the way! We need someone to fight for us!!!
Tried to cast my vote for Jim Jordan. But it says that I am SPAM…???