2019 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election

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Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, 2019
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435 eligible voting members of the U.S. House of Representatives
218 seats needed for a majority
  Nancy Pelosi 113th Congress 2013.jpg Kevin McCarthy 113th Congress.jpg
Candidate Nancy Pelosi Kevin McCarthy
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat T T
Incumbent Speaker

Paul Ryan
Republican


An election for the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives takes place on January 3. 2019, during the opening day of the 116th United States Congress, two months after the 2018 elections.

The Dean of the United States House of Representatives, in this case, Alaska's Don Young, will administer the oath of office to the new Speaker who, in turn, administers the oath of office en masse to the rest of the members of the United States House of Representatives.

Incumbent Republican speaker Paul Ryan did not run for re-election to the House.[1] The Democratic caucus assuming control of the House in January will have a preponderance of voting influence in selecting the next Speaker.

Process and conventions

The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives, and is second in the United States presidential line of succession, after the Vice President and ahead of the President pro tempore of the United States Senate.[2] Though the Constitution does not require that the Speaker be an elected member of the House of Representatives, every Speaker to date has been elected from House membership.[3]

The 435 members of the House of Representatives elect a Speaker by majority rule at the beginning of each session of the United States Congress, who serves until the end of the Congress. Typically, the election is a formality, as the majority party's members vote as a bloc for their party's previously-chosen Speaker-nominee (such as the speaker, majority leader, or minority leader from the previous term). Open elections are uncommon but have occurred. The last Speaker election to require multiple ballots occurred in 1923.[4]

Democratic Party

Nominee

Declined

Results

The Democratic caucus vote was held on November 28, 2018; as Pelosi was the only declared candidate, the vote was presented as a single question of approval.[10]

Candidate Votes  %
Yes Green tickY 203 85.29%
No 32 13.45%
Blank ballots 3 1.26%

Republican Party

The race for the leadership of the House Republicans began well before Ryan's official announcement, as it had been rumored for months.

Nominee

Lost nomination

Declined

  • Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) (endorsed Kevin McCarthy), House Majority Whip[13]
  • Rep. Mark Walker (R-NC) (ran for Vice-Chair of Republican Conference and won)[14]

Endorsements

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Jim
Jordan		 Steve
Scalise		 Kevin
McCarthy		 Other Undecided
The Economist/YouGov[24] September 30 – October 2, 2018 1,500 +/-2.9% 18% 16% 8% 1% 45%
Morning Consult/Politico[25] August 10–12, 2018 1,992 +/-2.0% 11% 9% 18% – –

Results

The Republican caucus vote was held on November 14, 2018.[26]

Candidate Votes  %
Kevin McCarthy (R) Green tickY 159 78.7%
Jim Jordan (R) 43 21.3%

Formal voting

While Pelosi had secured enough commitments to secure the speakership, there were still a few holdouts.[27][28]

Candidate Votes  %
Nancy Pelosi (D)
Kevin McCarthy (R)

References

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