Tom Emmer nominated for speaker by House Republicans

House Republicans on Tuesday voted for Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota to become their latest nominee for speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, with his selection coming three weeks after the historic ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Emmer gradually picked up support in multiple rounds of voting and finally drew a majority votes in a fifth ballot, topping the number of votes cast for Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana. That’s according to posts on social media by Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, who has been the No….