Speak­er vote: Ses­sions removed from race after fin­ish­ing last on first bal­lot

Rep. Pete Ses­sions (R‑TX) received the fewest votes in the first round of vot­ing for House speak­er and has been removed from the race accord­ing to con­fer­ence rules.
None of the sev­en can­di­dates run­ning for speak­er received a major­i­ty of the vote, mean­ing the elec­tion will advance to a sec­ond round. Rep. Gary Palmer (R‑AL), the chair­man of the Repub­li­can Pol­i­cy Com­mit­tee, dropped out of the race short­ly before vot­ing began.
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House Major­i­ty Whip Tom Emmer (R‑MN) received the most votes, get­ting 78, while Rep. Mike John­son (R‑LA) received 34, Rep. Byron Don­alds (R‑FL) received 29, Rep. Kevin Hern (R‑OK) received 27, Rep. Austin Scott (R‑GA) received 18, …