Republicans voted to remove Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) as their nominee for House speaker Friday, hours after he continued to lose votes in a third round of the election—restarting the process for electing a House speaker and allowing new candidates to emerge.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) looks on during a third round of voting to elect a new speaker after Kevin ... [+]
Republicans voted against Jordan by secret ballot in a private meeting Friday by a wide margin, with 122 members of the GOP conference voting to remove him and only 86 voting to keep him as their nominee and speaker designate, according to multiple reports.
The vote comes after Jordan shed three additional GOP votes, amounting to 25 total, in Friday’s third round of the House speaker election.
This is a developing story and will be updated.