Rep. Kevin McCarthy (Photo: Xinhua/ VNA) |
During a meeting on Tuesday evening, Republican lawmakers nominated a new set of six candidates: Byron Donalds of Florida, Chuck Fleischmann of Tennessee, Mark Green also of Tennessee, Kevin Hern of Oklahoma, Mike Johnson of Louisiana, and Roger Williams of Texas.
Before a planned vote late Tuesday night to select the latest in a series of candidates for Speaker, nominee Kevin Hern withdrew and said he would support Mike Johnson in the vote.