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2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election
← 2021 January 3, 2023 2025 →
Needed to win: Majority of the votes cast
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Speaker before election

Nancy Pelosi
Democratic

Elected Speaker

TBD

The 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election will take place on January 3, 2023, on the opening day of the 118th United States Congress, two months after the 2022 elections for the United States House of Representatives. This will be the 128th speaker of the House of Representatives election since the office was created in 1789.

Process and conventions

The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives. The House elects its speaker at the beginning of a new Congress (i.e. biennially, after a general election) or when a speaker dies, resigns or is removed from the position intra-term. Since 1839, the House has elected speakers by roll call vote.[1] Traditionally, each party's caucus or conference selects a candidate for the speakership from among its senior leaders prior to the roll call. Representatives are not restricted to voting for the candidate nominated by their party, but generally do, as the outcome of the election effectively determines which party has the majority and consequently will organize the House.[2] Representatives that choose to vote for someone other than their party's nominated candidate usually vote for another member within the party or vote "present".

Moreover, as the Constitution does not explicitly state that the speaker must be an incumbent member of the House, it is permissible for representatives to vote for someone who is not a member of the House at the time, and non-members have received a few votes in various speaker elections over the past several years.[3] Nevertheless, every person elected speaker has been a member.[2]

To be elected speaker a candidate must receive an absolute majority of the votes cast, as opposed to an absolute majority of the full membership of the House – presently 218 votes, in a House of 435. There have only been a few instances during the past century where a person received a majority of the votes cast, and thus won the election, while failing to obtain a majority of the full membership. It happened most recently in January 2021 (117th Congress), when Nancy Pelosi was elected with 216 votes (as opposed to 218). Such a variation in the number of votes necessary to win a given election might arise due to vacancies, absentees, or members being present but not voting. If no candidate wins a majority of the "votes cast for a person by name," then the roll call is repeated until a speaker is elected.[2] Multiple roll calls have been necessary only 14 times since 1789; and not since 1923 (68th Congress), when a closely divided House needed nine ballots to elect Frederick H. Gillett speaker.[4] Upon winning election the new Speaker is immediately sworn in by the Dean of the United States House of Representatives, the chamber's longest-serving member.[5][6]

Democratic Party

During the 2019 Speaker elections, Nancy Pelosi struck a deal with defectors in the Democratic Caucus that she would retire from the position of Speaker after the 2022 elections to ensure a majority votes for her. However, as a result of the 2022 elections, with the House majority remaining uncertain, it is unknown whether Pelosi would run for re-election.

Publicly expressed interest

Potential candidates

Republican Party

Despite the majority of the House still uncertain, if the House Republican Conference wins a majority, it would be through a small margin. Kevin McCarthy declared his bid for Speaker of the House with the Republican Conference's nomination, however, it is unclear whether McCarthy will have enough votes to reach a majority of the House.

In the October 2015 Speaker election, McCarthy ran for the Republican nomination and was initially judged as the favorite. However, the House Freedom Caucus refused to vote for McCarthy in the full House, meaning he did not have a majority of the House. This caused McCarthy to withdraw, and allowed for Paul Ryan to become Speaker. Member of the House Freedom Caucus Bob Good said, "There’s many times where we... asked him to fight on various opportunities and various issues, and I have not seen the demonstrated fight that we’re looking for.”[10]

Declared

Media speculation

References

  1. ^ Forte, David F. "Essays on Article I: Speaker of the House". Heritage Guide to The Constitution. Heritage Foundation. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Heitshusen, Valerie; Beth, Richard S. (January 4, 2019). "Speakers of the House: Elections, 1913–2019" (PDF). CRS Report for Congress. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  3. ^ Grier, Peter (September 25, 2015). "John Boehner exit: Anyone can run for House speaker, even you". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  4. ^ "Speaker Elections Decided by Multiple Ballots". history.house.gov. United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  5. ^ "Fathers/Deans of the House". history.house.gov. United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  6. ^ "Election of the Speaker Overview". constitution.laws.com. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  7. ^ Yen, Hope (November 13, 2022). "Speaker Pelosi seems to buck previous promises, might remain Dem leader". WJLA ABC7. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  8. ^ a b c d e f Grayer, Annie; Raju, Manu; Diaz, Daneilla (November 11, 2022). "House Democrats quietly plot leadership plans while waiting for Nancy Pelosi's next move". CNN. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  9. ^ Martin, Jonathan (November 4, 2022). "How a secret meeting put Hakeen Jeffries on track to replace Pelosi". Politico. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  10. ^ Ting, Eric (November 10, 2022). "Kevin McCarthy might be in for a bad time trying to become House speaker". SFGATE. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  11. ^ Jones, Dustin (November 9, 2022). "Rep. Kevin McCarthy has announced his bid for House speaker". NPR. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  12. ^ Dress, Brad (November 13, 2022). "Trump for House speaker? Raskin suggests some far-right House members might turn on McCarthy". The Hill. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
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