If McCarthy fails to shore up the support he needs to win in the initial round of voting, the race for speaker could go to multiple ballots – something that hasn’t happened since 1923.
The 118th Congress is set to convene to elect a new speaker, but McCarthy does not yet have the votes to secure the gavel – a major problem for the California Republican that threatens to tear apart the incoming House GOP majority. McCarthy faces a small but determined contingent of hardline conservatives. The group is using the leverage they have in the razor-thin Republican majority to extract concessions as they threaten to deny the GOP leader critical votes.
The GOP leader’s allies and foes alike have attempted to quietly game out what could happen if he fails to secure the gavel on the first round and lawmakers move into uncharted territory. McCarthy is facing a longshot challenge in the race from hard-right Republican Rep. Andy Biggs. McCarthy has defeated the Arizona congressman before – by a resounding vote of 188 to 31 in November when the House Republican conference voted for McCarthy to be its leader.
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