2025 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2025 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election

| flag_image = Seal of the Speaker of the US House of Representatives.svg

| type = legislative

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election

| previous_year = October 2023

| next_election = 2027 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election

| next_year = 2027

| election_date = January 3, 2025

| seats_for_election = Needed to win: Majority of the votes cast

434 votes cast; 218 needed for a majority

| image_size = x150px

| 1blank = Members' vote

| image1 = Speaker Mike Johnson Official Portrait (cropped).jpg

| candidate1 = Mike Johnson

| leaders_seat1 = {{ushr|LA|4|T}}

| party1 = Republican Party (United States)

| 1data1 = 218 (50.23%)

| image2 = Rep-Hakeem-Jeffries-Official-Portrait-1638x2048 (cropped).jpg

| candidate2 = Hakeem Jeffries

| leaders_seat2 = {{ushr|NY|8|T}}

| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)

| 1data2 = 215 (49.54%)

| image4 = File:Tom Emmer Congressional Photo 2 (cropped).jpg

| candidate4 = Tom Emmer

| leaders_seat4 = {{ushr|MN|6|T}}

| party4 = Republican Party (United States)

| 1data4 = 1 (0.23%)

| title = Speaker

| before_election = Mike Johnson

| before_party = Republican Party (United States)

| after_election = Mike Johnson

| after_party = Republican Party (United States)

}}

An election for speaker of the United States House of Representatives took place on January 3, 2025, on the opening day of the 119th United States Congress, two months after the 2024 elections for the United States House of Representatives.

The incumbent speaker, Republican Mike Johnson of Louisiana, was re-elected on the first ballot, defeating Hakeem Jeffries with a slim 218–215 majority. Johnson, who had replaced Kevin McCarthy in October 2023 after McCarthy was removed from the position, was initially expected to lose on the first ballot, as several Republican congressmen had told major news outlets they had no intention to vote for him.{{Cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mike-johnson-faces-republican-rebellion-ahead-of-house-speaker-vote-in-latest-test-of-trump-s-sway/ar-AA1wL1sn?ocid=BingNewsVerp |title=Mike Johnson faces Republican rebellion ahead of House Speaker vote in latest test of Trump's sway |work=MSN |date=January 1, 2025 |access-date=January 4, 2025}} On the opening day of the 119th Congress, three Republicans—Thomas Massie, Ralph Norman, and Keith Self—voted against Johnson, while all Democrats voted for Jeffries, thus, it had initially appeared that Johnson had fallen short of the 218 vote majority. However, shortly before the vote was finalized by House clerk Kevin McCumber, Norman and Self switched their votes to Johnson, which gave him the majority to secure the speakership.{{Cite web |last=Brooks |first=Emily |date=January 3, 2025 |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/mike-johnson-clinches-speakership-in-stunning-first-ballot/ar-AA1wVpja?ocid=TobArticle |title=Mike Johnson clinches Speakership in stunning first ballot |work=MSN |access-date=January 3, 2025 }}

Process and conventions

The speaker is the presiding officer of the U.S. House of Representatives. The House elects its speaker at the beginning of a new Congress (i.e. {{linktext|biennially}}, after Election Day) or when a speaker dies, resigns, or is removed from the position intra-term. Since 1839, the House has elected speakers by roll call vote.{{cite web |last=Forte |first=David F. |date=October 19, 2010 |title=Essays on Article I: Speaker of the House |url=https://www.heritage.org/constitution/#!/articles/1/essays/10/speaker-of-the-house |access-date=January 4, 2023 |website=Heritage Guide to The Constitution |publisher=The Heritage Foundation |archive-date=August 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200822232208/https://www.heritage.org/constitution/%23!/amendments/8/essays/161/cruel-and-unusual-punishment#!/articles/1/essays/10/speaker-of-the-house |url-status=unfit }} Following a congressional election and the adjournment of the prior congress, there being no speaker, the House clerk summons, convenes, and calls the House to order. After prayer offered by the House chaplain, the clerk leads the representatives in the Pledge of Allegiance before ordering a roll call conducted by the reading clerk. The clerk and its officers then order and oversee the election of a speaker. During these processes, the clerk must "preserve order and decorum and decide all questions of order", which is subject to appeal to the body.{{cite web|url=https://www.everycrsreport.com/files/20181219_RL30725_45e6fed3e44b9356413ddaab18565a4a43b1f3dc.pdf|title=The First Day of a New Congress: A Guide to Proceedings on the House Floor, rev. Dec. 19, 2018|website=Congressional Research Service|date=December 19, 2018|access-date=January 4, 2023|archive-date=April 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427213257/https://www.everycrsreport.com/files/20181219_RL30725_45e6fed3e44b9356413ddaab18565a4a43b1f3dc.pdf|url-status=live}}

Traditionally, each of the party caucuses and conferences selects a candidate for the speakership from among its senior leaders prior to the roll call. Representatives are not restricted to voting for the candidate nominated by their party but generally do, as the outcome of the election effectively determines which one is the majority party and consequently will organize the House.{{cite web |last1=Heitshusen |first1=Valerie |last2=Beth |first2=Richard S. |date=January 4, 2019 |title=Speakers of the House: Elections, 1913–2019 |url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL30857.pdf |access-date=January 4, 2023 |website=CRS Report for Congress |publisher=Congressional Research Service |location=Washington, D.C. |archive-date=July 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703214715/https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL30857.pdf |url-status=live }} Without a speaker, members-elect of the House cannot be sworn in.{{efn|The Twentieth Amendment states that all members' terms begin at noon on January 3. Until officially sworn-in, members are referred to as members-elect.}} The House is unable to conduct any business other than electing the speaker.{{usc|2|25}}{{cite news |last=Jalonick |first=Mary Clare |date=January 5, 2023 |title=US House has no members, no rules as speaker race drags on |url=https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-house-of-representatives-us-republican-party-billy-long-5dc5377382e010d1071c7afbfb694f3b |access-date=January 5, 2023 |work=Associated Press |archive-date=January 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105011901/https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-house-of-representatives-us-republican-party-billy-long-5dc5377382e010d1071c7afbfb694f3b |url-status=live }} Because the rules of the House are adopted for each new Congress, the House will not have rules until the election is complete allowing the members to be sworn in and the House to adopt rules.{{cite news |last1=Forrest |first1=Jack |display-authors= |date=January 4, 2023 |title=The lack of a new speaker has ground House business to a halt |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/04/politics/what-happens-without-house-speaker/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104190541/https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/04/politics/what-happens-without-house-speaker/index.html |archive-date=January 4, 2023 |access-date=January 5, 2023 |work=CNN}}

Representatives that choose to vote for someone other than their party's nominated candidate usually vote for another member within the party or vote present, which entails abstention. Moreover, as the Constitution does not explicitly state that the speaker must be an incumbent member of the House, it is permissible for representatives to nominate and vote for someone who is not a member of the House at the time, and non-members have been nominated and received a few votes in various speaker elections over the past several years.{{cite news |last=Grier |first=Peter |date=September 25, 2015 |title=John Boehner exit: Anyone can run for House speaker, even you |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/Decoder/2015/0925/John-Boehner-exit-Anyone-can-run-for-House-speaker-even-you |access-date=January 4, 2023 |work=The Christian Science Monitor |archive-date=November 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125133327/https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/Decoder/2015/0925/John-Boehner-exit-Anyone-can-run-for-House-speaker-even-you |url-status=live }} Nevertheless, every person elected speaker has been a member. Upon winning election, the new speaker is immediately sworn in by the House dean, the chamber's longest-serving member.{{cite web |date=October 28, 2011 |title=Election of the Speaker Overview |url=https://constitution.laws.com/house-of-representatives/election-of-the-speaker |access-date=January 11, 2019 |website=Laws.com |archive-date=August 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827095618/https://constitution.laws.com/house-of-representatives/election-of-the-speaker |url-status=live }}{{cite web |date=November 9, 2016 |title=Fathers/Deans of the House |url=https://history.house.gov/Institution/Seniority/Deans-of-the-House/ |access-date=January 4, 2023 |publisher=United States House of Representatives |archive-date=January 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112044354/https://history.house.gov/Institution/Seniority/Deans-of-the-House/ |url-status=live }} The new speaker then administers the oath en masse to the rest of the members of the House.{{cite web |date=January 3, 2013 |title=Oath of Office |website=US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives |url=https://history.house.gov/Institution/Origins-Development/Oath-of-Office/ |access-date=January 4, 2023 |archive-date=November 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109100854/https://history.house.gov/Institution/Origins-Development/Oath-of-Office/ |url-status=live }}

To be elected speaker, a candidate must receive a majority of votes cast, as opposed to a majority of the entire membership of the House.{{Cite news |last=Gamio |first=Lazaro |last2=Gómez |first2=Martín González |last3=Migliozzi |first3=Blacki |last4=Murphy |first4=John-Michael |last5=Shao |first5=Elena |last6=Wu |first6=Ashley |last7=Zhang |first7=Christine |date=2023-10-17 |title=Vote Count: Mike Johnson Elected House Speaker After Three-Week Vacancy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/10/17/us/politics/house-speaker-vote-tally.html |access-date=2025-01-03 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} There have only been a few instances during the past century where a person received a majority of the votes cast and thus won the election while failing to obtain a majority of the full membership.{{Cite news |last=Drenon |first=Brandon |date=2023-01-06 |title=The longest vote for US House Speaker lasted two months |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64178794 |access-date=2025-01-03 |work=BBC |language=en-GB}} This occurred most recently in 2023 when Kevin McCarthy was elected with 216 votes (as opposed to 218).{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Caitlin |last2=McPherson |first2=Lindsey |last3=Weiss |first3=Laura |date=2023-01-07 |title=McCarthy wins speaker election, finally |url=https://rollcall.com/2023/01/07/mccarthy-wins-speaker-election-finally/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Roll Call |language=en-US}} Such a variation in the number of votes necessary to win a given election might arise due to vacancies, absentees, or members being present but not voting. If no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast for a person by name, then the roll call is repeated until a speaker is elected.{{Cite web |last=Yilek |first=Caitlin |date=2025-01-03 |title=The 119th Congress begins today. Here's what to know for the 2025 session |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-congress-2025-what-to-know/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=CBS News |language=en-US}}

Republican nomination

Republicans retained their slim majority in the House of Representatives, despite losing a seat, during the 2024 United States House of Representatives elections.{{cite web|last1=Bowman|first=Bridget|last2=Wong|first2=Scott|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/democrats-flip-final-house-seat-2024-elections-republicans-rcna182554|title=Democrats flip final House seat of the 2024 elections, narrowing Republicans' majority|website=NBC News|date=December 4, 2024|access-date=December 30, 2024}} With a two seat larger majority, in the January 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, a faction of the Republican majority, mostly represented by the Freedom Caucus, refused to support Republican speaker nominee Kevin McCarthy without concessions. McCarthy eventually was elected speaker, following four days of voting and 15 ballots, after agreeing to name hardline Republicans to the powerful United States House Committee on Rules and allow any member to force a vote to remove the Speaker through a motion to vacate the chair.{{cite news |last=Zurcher |first=Anthony |date=January 7, 2023 |title=What has Kevin McCarthy given up, and at what price? |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64194129 |access-date=January 7, 2023 |archive-date=January 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107015345/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64194129 |url-status=live }} Despite these concessions, McCarthy was removed as Speaker by dissident Republicans and all Democrats on October 3, 2023, after he worked to pass a clean continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/03/us/mccarthy-gaetz-speaker-news/kevin-mccarthy-speaker |title=House to Decide McCarthy's Future as Speaker |date=October 3, 2023 |last1=Edmondson |first1=Catie |last2=Broadwater |first2=Luke |work=The New York Times |access-date=October 3, 2023 |archive-date=October 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003140056/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/03/us/mccarthy-gaetz-speaker-news/kevin-mccarthy-speaker |url-status=live |url-access=limited}} Mike Johnson was elected speaker, after four ballots, on October 25, 2023. Some Republicans blocked the nominations of Steve Scalise and Tom Emmer as speaker, while more moderate Republicans blocked the nomination of Jim Jordan.{{cite web |last1=Shelton |first1=Mike Hayes,Kaanita Iyer,Elise Hammond,Shania |title=Live updates: Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana elected speaker of the House {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/house-speaker-vote-10-25-23/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=5 January 2025 |language=en |date=25 October 2023}} In May 2024, after Johnson passed military aid for Ukraine, some Republicans attempted to remove Johnson from the speakership. However, this attempt was blocked by a majority of both Democrats and Republicans.{{cite web |last1=Blackburn |first1=Elise Hammond,Tori B. Powell,Kaanita Iyer,Piper Hudspeth |title=House kills motion to vacate Johnson from speakership {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/house-speaker-mike-johnson-vote-05-08-24/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=5 January 2025 |language=en |date=8 May 2024}}

Republicans voted to nominate their speaker of the House candidate on Wednesday, November 13.{{cite web|last1=Beavers|last2=Carney|first1=Olivia|first2=Jordain|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/09/conservatives-opposition-johnson-00188615|title=Conservatives weigh potential show of opposition against Johnson|website=Politico|date=November 9, 2024|access-date=November 10, 2024}} On November 12, Politico reported that members of the House Freedom Caucus planned to force an internal secret ballot vote on the speakership of Mike Johnson. Their opposition to Johnson was mostly meant as a way to protest against some proposed rule changes (due to be voted on by the Conference) which would revoke Conference assignments from Republicans who break party lines on procedural votes or introduce a motion to vacate.{{cite web|last=Carney|first=Jordain|url=https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/11/12/congress/freedom-caucus-backs-off-challenger-plan-00189231|title=Freedom Caucus backs off plan to push a challenger to Johnson|website=Politico|date=November 12, 2024|access-date=November 12, 2024}}

Before the vote, members of the Freedom Caucus and the Main Street Caucus, along with speaker Mike Johnson, reached an agreement: the proposed rule changes on Conference assignments would be withdrawn; in exchange, the holdouts pledged to support a reform of the motion to vacate, which would raise the threshold to introduce it from one member to nine members. After the deal was struck, Johnson was nominated by voice vote without opposition.{{cite web|last1=Brooks|first1=Emily|last2=Schnell|first2=Michael|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4989395-republicans-oust-speaker-motion-to-vacate-deal/|title=House Republicans strike deal to make it harder to oust Speaker|website=The Hill|date=November 13, 2024|access-date=November 13, 2024}}

Following Speaker Johnson's December 17 announcement of a continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown, which included funding opposed by many conservative Republicans, Republican representative Thomas Massie said he would vote against Johnson in the upcoming speakership election. Politico and Punchbowl News reported that privately several other Republicans were "uncommitted" to supporting Johnson.{{cite web|last1=Bade|first1=Rachael|last2=Olivia|first2=Beavers|last3=Carney|first3=Jordain|url=https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/18/congress/johnsons-spending-plan-b-00195169|title=Johnson weighs spending plan B as Elon Musk stokes opposition|website=Politico|date=December 18, 2024|access-date=December 18, 2024}}{{cite web|last1=Sherman|first1=Jake|last2=Bresnahan|first2=John|last3=Zanona|first3=Melanie|last4=Soellner|first4=Mica|url=https://punchbowl.news/archive/12-18-24-am-only-special-edition-sponsored/|title=Trump nukes Mike Johnson|website=Punchbowl News|date=December 18, 2024|access-date=December 18, 2024}} Later, Republican senators Rand Paul and Mike Lee, as well as Republican representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, publicly announced that they are open to supporting Elon Musk to be the next Speaker of the House.{{cite web |last1=Adragna |first1=Anthony |title=Rand Paul floats Musk for speaker |url=https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/19/congress/speaker-musk-00195302 |work=Politico |access-date=December 24, 2024 |date=December 19, 2024}}{{cite web |author1=Stef W. Kight |title=Rand Paul floats Elon Musk for House Speaker |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/12/19/gop-senator-rand-paul-elon-musk-speaker-of-house |website=Axios |access-date=December 24, 2024 |date=December 19, 2024}} On December 20, Freedom Caucus chair Andy Harris said he was "undecided."{{cite web|last1=Solender|first1=Andrew|url=https://www.axios.com/2024/12/21/mike-johnson-speaker-vote-freedom-caucus-pelosi|title=Mike Johnson's GOP rebels want their own Nancy Pelosi|website=Axios|date=December 21, 2024|access-date=December 21, 2024}} On December 30, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump endorsed Johnson through a post on Truth Social.{{cite web |last1=Sotomayor|first1=Marianna|last2=Kornfield|first2=Maryl|last3=Alfaro|first3=Mariana|title=Trump endorses Mike Johnson for reelection as House speaker ahead of perilous vote |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/30/trump-endorses-house-speaker-mike-johnson/ |work=The Washington Post |access-date=December 30, 2024 |date=December 30, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/us/politics/trump-johnson-house-speaker.html?unlocked_article_code=1.lU4.SjH0.CXfOhWFj61-l&smid=url-share |title=Trump Endorses Mike Johnson to Continue as House Speaker |work=The New York Times |last1=Haberman |first1=Maggie |last2=Swan |first2=Jonathan |access-date=December 30, 2024 |date=December 30, 2024}} Despite the endorsement, multiple Republican representatives have publicly said they are uncommitted to voting for Johnson; including Victoria Spartz,{{Efn|Despite being a member of the Republican Party, Spartz is not part of the House Republican Conference.{{cite web|title=GOP lawmaker boycotts meetings and panels, saying she doesn't 'need to be involved in circuses'|url=https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/16/congress/spartzs-boycott-panel-meetings-gop-00194642|last=Beavers|first=Olivia|work=Politico|date=December 16, 2024|access-date=December 16, 2024}}}} Andy Biggs, Tim Burchett, and Chip Roy.{{cite web |last1=Solender |first1=Andrew |title=Mike Johnson holdouts persist after Trump endorsement |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/12/30/mike-johnson-holdouts-trump-endorsement-jan-3 |website=Axios |access-date=December 31, 2024 |date=December 30, 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Goldsberry |first1=Jenny |title=Victoria Spartz not committed to vote Mike Johnson as speaker over Trump's agenda |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/3272174/victoria-spartz-mike-johnson-speakership-trump-agenda/ |work=The Washington Examiner |access-date=December 31, 2024 |date=December 30, 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Morin |first1=Rebecca |title=Trump endorses Mike Johnson for House Speaker: Which Republican lawmakers are opposed? |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/30/mike-johnson-house-speaker-trump-republican-holdouts/77326912007/ |work=USA Today |access-date=December 31, 2024 |date=December 30, 2024}} Roy also said that "Johnson does not yet have the support to be speaker."{{cite web |last1=Brooks |first1=Emily |title=Chip Roy on Johnson: ‘I don't believe he has the votes’ |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5061200-chip-roy-undecided-mike-johnson-speaker/ |work=The Hill |access-date=December 31, 2024 |date=December 31, 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Pecorin |first1=Allison |last2=Jones II |first2=Arthur |last3=Parkinson |first3=John |last4=Peller |first4=Lauren |title=Republicans raising questions about Johnson's reelection as House speaker |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mike-johnsons-speaker-reelection-single-republican-vote/story?id=117230034 |work=ABC News |access-date=December 31, 2024 |date=December 31, 2024}}

= Nominee=

Mike Johnson, incumbent speaker (2023–present) and representative from {{ushr|LA|4}} (2017–present)

Democratic nomination

Incumbent House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries was re-elected as Leader of the House Democratic Caucus by acclamation without opposition on November 19, 2024.{{cite web|last=Wu|first=Nicholas|url=https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/11/19/congress/jeffries-reelected-house-democratic-leader-00190272|title= Hakeem Jeffries was reelected as House Democratic leader by acclamation on Tuesday morning|website=Politico|date=November 19, 2024|access-date=November 19, 2024}}

= Nominee=

Hakeem Jeffries, House minority leader (2023–present) from {{ushr|NY|8}} (2013–present){{cite web |last=Mascaro |first=Lisa |date=November 19, 2024 |title=Hakeem Jeffries wins reelection as House Democratic leader despite party's losses |url=https://apnews.com/article/hakeem-jeffries-house-democrats-leadership-955f3995692c35e151cda45e8450464b |access-date=November 19, 2024 |website=AP News}}

Election of the speaker

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Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar nominated Jeffries while House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain nominated Johnson.{{Cite web|title=Live updates: Johnson fails to secure enough votes on first Speakership ballot|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5064718-live-updates-johnson-speaker-vote-new-congress/|website=The Hill|date=January 3, 2025|access-date=January 3, 2025}}

All Democrats voted for Jeffries. Initially, Republican Representatives Thomas Massie voted for Tom Emmer, Ralph Norman voted for Jim Jordan, and Keith Self voted for Byron Donalds, while Republicans Andy Biggs, Michael Cloud, Andrew Clyde, Paul Gosar, Andy Harris, and Chip Roy (all of whom were undecided going into the vote) did not respond to the initial roll call vote. The clerk then called a second time the names of those who had not replied to the first call, and all six voted for Johnson.{{cite web |last1=Beggin |first1=Riley |last2=Pitofsky |first2=Marina |last3=Kuchar |first3=Savannah |last4=Venugopal Ramaswamy |first4=Swapna |last5=Kochi |first5=Sudiksha |last6=Jansen |first6=Bart |title=Live Updates: Johnson wins the battle for House speaker as holdouts relent |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/01/03/house-speaker-vote-live-updates/77242706007/ |work=USA Today |access-date=3 January 2025 |date=January 3, 2025}} Johnson's vote count therefore stood at 216, two short of the required majority. However, after meeting with Johnson off the floor and receiving a phone call from Trump, Norman and Self shifted to supporting Johnson before the final vote was declared.{{cite web |last1=Bonner |first1=Annemarie |title=Rep. Stephanie Bice says Johnson won over holdouts by 'listening' to concerns |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/live-blog/congress-first-day-2025-live-updates-rcna184508 |work=NBC News |access-date=3 January 2025 |date=3 January 2025}}{{Cite web |last=Desjardins |first=Lisa |last2=Midura |first2=Kyle |last3=Couzens |first3=Ian |date=2025-01-03 |title=Johnson retains speakership, faces narrow GOP majority to implement Trump's agenda |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/johnson-retains-speakership-faces-narrow-gop-majority-to-implement-trumps-agenda |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=PBS News |language=en-us}}

Before the vote had officially concluded, Stacey Plaskett, the delegate representing the U.S. Virgin Islands, posed a parliamentary inquiry as to why she and other delegates representing U.S. territories and the District of Columbia were not called upon to participate in the speakership election.{{cite web |last1=Chao-Fong |first1=Léonie |last2=E Greve |first2=Joan |title=Mike Johnson re-elected as House speaker after brief Republican revolt – as it happened |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jan/03/house-speaker-mike-johnson-vote |work=The Guardian |access-date=January 3, 2025 |date=January 3, 2025}} She then said the House and the nation has a territories and colonies problem.{{cite web |title='We Must Do Something': Stacey Plaskett Slams House For Not Calling Delegate Votes For Speaker |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzsnzfsrEaI |website=YouTube |access-date=January 3, 2025 |date=January 3, 2025}}

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|candidate = Hakeem Jeffries ({{ushr|NY|8|B}})

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