While Emmer — who is currently House majority whip — was initially nominated on Tuesday,he dropped outwhen it became clear that he could not secure the 217 votes to become the House speaker in a house floor vote, according toNBC News.

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Johnson and Emmer were among seven other Republicans who announced their candidacy for the role earlier this week, including Oklahoma Rep. Kevin Hern, Georgia Rep. Austin Scott, Michigan Rep. Jack Bergman, Florida Rep.Byron Donalds, Pennsylvania Rep. Dan Meuser, Texas Rep. Pete Sessions, and Alabama Rep. Gary Palmer.

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Johnson, who currently serves as a deputy whip and sits on the House Judiciary Committee, secured 128 votes during the final round of voting, per NBC News.

Donalds secured 29 votes, and 44 votes were cast for other candidates, including McCarthy and Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, per the outlet.

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Johnson secured his seat in the house in Louisiana’s fourth congressional district with the largest margin of victory in his region in 50 years, according to his website, perAxios, and has served four terms in Congress.

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Last week, Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan was selected as the new Republican House speaker nominee. But after three rounds of voting in the House speaker election, Jordan was also unable to secure the number of votes needed to win. By Friday, his dreams of the speakership were dashed when members of his own partyvoted to drop him as the party’s House speaker nominee.

In order to be formally elected as House speaker, a nominee must earn the majority of votes cast during an election, which amounts to 217 votes if everyone in the House participates.

It is unclear if Johnson will be able to secure enough votes to win as Republicans have a very narrow majority in the House, which means an election can result in a deadlock if even a few Republican rebels oppose the GOP nominee.

source: people.com