House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) made significant gains overnight in the ongoing speaker race, flipping 14 of the 21 Republican holdouts in the 12th round of voting.
McCarthy received 213 votes, House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries (R-NY) received 211, seven Republicans voted for another candidate, and three members were absent.
Those who flipped their vote were Reps. Dan Bishop (NC), John Brecheen (OK), Michael Cloud (TX), Andrew Clyde (GA), Byron Donalds (FL), Mary Miller (IL), Ralph Norman (NC), Scott Perry (PA), Chip Roy (TX), Victoria Spartz (IN), and Paul Gosar (AZ), and Reps.-elect Anna Paulina Luna (FL), Keith Self (TX), and Andy Ogles (TN).
