Three Republicans voted for someone else, but two later changed their votes while all Democrats backed Jeffries

After initially facing internal dissent, Trump-endorsed Republican Mike Johnson secured the House speakership in the first round of voting on Friday.

Johnson couldn’t afford to lose more than one Republican vote, and three Republican members of Congress initially voted for someone other than Johnson. But all but Kentucky’s Thomas Massie, who backed Minnesota’s Tom Emmer, later changed their votes to support Johnson and securing him the 218 votes needed to hold the speakership.