A white male with a name so generic it’s used to check in to motels that charge by the hour, Mike Johnson of Louisiana secured 128 votes, a majority within the GOP conference, to secure the honor of being the next person not to be named Speaker of the House.
UPDATE 10:10 p.m. ET: A roll call vote has been called within the Republican conference to see if Johnson had enough support to get the requisite 217 votes on the floor of the House. Results pending.
UPDATE 10:24 p.m. ET: Johnson received a handful of “present” votes from the members, and more than 20 were absent from the vote. Johnson told members that he plans to reach out to the absent members Tuesday night and wants to get a vote on the floor of the House at noon Wednesday.