Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) who has now failed to secure the 218 votes needed to become Speaker Of The House for the ninth time, has officially broken a 100-year-old record.

The last speaker election to go beyond the first ballot was in 1923 when members took nine tries to name Frederick Gillett (R-Mass.) to the position. The all-time record for the duration of a speaker vote was in the mid-1850s — when lawmakers took almost two months and 133 ballots before picking Nathaniel Banks, also of Massachusetts.

McCarthy, who refuses to step aside and give way to a Republican candidate that both moderates and conservatives can agree on, has only been able to secure a maximum of 202 votes. McCarthy has since dropped to a low of 200 votes.

On average the GOP leader has been short 18-20 votes over the course of 9 rounds. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Byron Donalds (R-FL), and Kevin Hern (R-OK) were all challengers to McCarthy throughout the first 3 days of House votes. Jim Jordan, however, made it clear that he does not want the position

In the Ninth Speaker vote, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) nominated Kevin Hern of Oklahoma who garnered 3 votes compared to Byron Donalds’s 16. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) garnered full support from his Party to secure 212 votes all 9 times. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), to prove that under no circumstance is he willing to back down, voted for former President Donald Trump two times during the seventh and eighth voting periods.

At one point throughout the ninth vote, Maxine Waters (D-CA) lost her temper and began violently screaming at Rep. Rosendale (R-MD) telling him and other GOP members to “Get It Together”.

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The final tally for the record-breaking ninth round was:

McCarthy (R) 201

Jeffries (D) 212

Donalds (R) 17

Hern (R) 3

Others 0

Present 1

Republican Victoria Spartz of Indiana voted “Present”. She is the only Representative who has voted Present.