House expected to vote on speaker after Mike Johnson’s nomination

Louisiana Republican won party’s nomination on Tuesday evening, hours after the majority whip, Tom Emmer, withdrew

The House is expected to hold another floor vote on Wednesday to elect a new speaker, as Republican Mike Johnson of Louisiana seeks to ascend to the top job and end a standoff that has stretched on for three weeks.

Johnson won House Republicans’ speaker nomination on Tuesday evening, just hours after Tom Emmer of Minnesota, the majority whip, was forced to withdraw from the race amid criticism from Donald Trump. Defeating Byron Donalds of Florida after three rounds of voting, Johnson became House Republicans’ fourth speaker nominee in three weeks.