Emmer Leads First Four Rounds Of GOP Speaker Nomination Vote—But Doesn’t Win Majority

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Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) won the GOP conference’s first four rounds of voting to select a new nominee for House speaker, the latest step in a chaotic process that has fatigued Republicans and their constituents—but Emmer is short of the majority threshold he needs to win the nomination, teeing up a protracted battle.

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