Scalise Wins GOP Nomination For Speaker

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) has won the Republican nomination to become the next speaker of the House of Representatives. Scalise's candidacy will now be moved to the floor of the House for an all-member vote where he will require 217 votes to secure the speaker's gavel.

• Manu Raju at CNN writes on X: "Scalise wins GOP nomination in secret-ballot election to be speaker, per Rep. Issa. Says the vote was 113-99."
• The floor vote is expected to be a grueling process similar to January when former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was elected speaker after 15 ballots which took place over five days.
• It is unclear if Scalise has done enough to convince the eight conservatives who voted to oust McCarthy to vote for his speakership, widely viewed as representing continuity from the leadership of McCarthy.
• The crisis in Israel might provide stimulus for House Republicans to act quickly to elect a speaker. A sustained period of paralysis in the House would deprive Congress of authority to approve security assistance - an action which would likely deepen negative voter perceptions of House Republicans.