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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWho will be the speaker of house for the next congress?
Republicans are likely to hold the house by between 2 and 3 votes. Will likely be one seat less than the current term.
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| Mike Johnson (R-LA) | |
6 (67%) |
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| Don Bacon (R-NE) | |
0 (0%) |
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| David Valadao (R-CA) | |
0 (0%) |
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| Dan Newhouse (R-WA) | |
0 (0%) |
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| Another right wing looney toon(R-Crazytown) | |
1 (11%) |
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| Hakeem Jeffreys(D-NY) | |
2 (22%) |
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| Lean R | |
0 (0%) |
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| Tilt R | |
0 (0%) |
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| Tossup | |
0 (0%) |
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| Tilt D | |
0 (0%) |
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Who will be the speaker of house for the next congress? (Original Post)
ColinC
Nov 2024
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H2O Man
(78,650 posts)1. Other.
If republicans have the House, they will pick the felon.
Irish_Dem
(79,889 posts)2. We don't know who Putin has decided on yet?
onenote
(45,990 posts)3. The repubs already have said it will be Johnson.
ColinC
(11,098 posts)4. Yes but does he have the votes this time?
Gaetz I think was a tiebreaker, and with the house likely to be a little bit more narrow -or even much more narrow, I don't have the highest level of confidence he will make it.