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Tom Emmer wins Speaker nomination in GOP’s third try for the gavel (thehill.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Type1@midwest.social to c/usa@midwest.social
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Candidate 1st Ballot 2nd Ballot 3rd Ballot 4th Ballot 5th Ballot
Tom Emmer 78 90 100 107 117
Mike Johnson 34 37 43 56 97
Byron Donalds 29 33 32 25 Withdrawn
Kevin Hern 27 31 26 25 Eliminated
Austin Scott 18 14 12 Eliminated
Jack Bergman 16 7 Eliminated
Pete Sessions 8 Eliminated
Write-In 5 3 3 4 5
Present 1 2 3 2 1
No Vote 8 7 5 5 4
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[–] Type1@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That didn't last long!

[–] aberrate_junior_beatnik@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

lol I misread your post as saying he'd won the speakership, then saw this elsewhere

[–] TheBest@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Im personally not a big fan of all of his polices. Comparatively he seems to be a better choice than his contemporaries, but thats just my view as a Minnesotan.

At least he voted to certify the fucking election.

[–] Doug@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

That's a low bar to clear but I'm glad to hear he did