What is 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election?
Winning the [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speakership in the House of Representatives]] in the [[United States Congress]] can happen if an individual can gain a majority (218 votes) of the votes from other representatives. This can be simple, but in 1923, it took 9 votes to elect {{ill|Frederick H. Gillett|en}}. It was 100 years later that in 2023, it took 15 votes to elect [[Kevin McCarthy|Rep. Kevin McCarthy]] as House Speaker. It took multiple votes because the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] were split on who they wanted to be speaker. A [[majority]] of Republicans were okay with Rep. McCarthy, but some wanted other people, such as [[Jim Jordan (American politician)|Jim Jordan]], {{ill|Bryan Donalds|en}}, [[Jim Banks]], [[Hakeem Jeffries]], and even [[Donald Trump|Ex-President Donald Trump]]. But after 15 votes, [[Far-Right Republicans]] voted for Rep. McCarthy after he promised them a lot more power in [[Congress]]. [[Category:2023 in the United States]] [[Category:2020s elections in the United States]] [[Category:January 2023 events]]