For the first time in exactly 100 years, the election for speaker of the House of Representatives will go to a second ballot. Despite securing Republicans a razor-thin margin in Congress’s lower chamber, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) secured just 203 votes to become the third-in-line to the presidency. Nineteen Republicans voted for other candidates, and 212 Democrats backed Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to succeed Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

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