Kevin McCarthy is now Speaker

Of 428 votes cast, McCarthy received 216 and the Democrats’ Hakeem Jeffries got 212.

House clerk Cheryl Johnson says: “Therefore, the Honorable Kevin McCarthy, having received a majority of votes cast, is duly elected Speaker of the House of Representatives.”

The Republican side gives him a standing ovation. They chant: “USA! USA!”

Towards the back of the room, however, some of the original holdouts, Matt Gaetz and Lauren Boebert, did not stand up or clap.