House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., took the party's speaker nomination on Tuesday after topping several rounds of GOP conference balloting.

Topline Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) won the Republican nomination for House speaker Tuesday following Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) ouster on October 3, but he faces an uphill battle for the ...

A source familiar with the situation said Emmer, R-6th District, began making calls to his Republican colleagues soon after the closed-door meeting that ousted Jim Jordan was over Friday afternoon.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks to journalists inside Statuary Hall, following a vote at the U.S. Capitol, on Thursday. (Tom Brenner/For the Washington Post ) ...

At the very least, McCarthy’s brutal takedown allows Emmer, R-6th District, who currently holds the No. 3 position, to move one rung up the GOP leadership ladder.

Conservative hardliners have started to float potential alternative candidates should House Speaker Kevin McCarthy be ousted, and the Washington Post has reported that Rep. Tom Emmer, of Minnesota ...

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy talks to Tom Emmer in the House Chamber during the second day of elections for speaker of the House at the US Capitol Building on January 4 in Washington, DC.

At the very least, McCarthy’s brutal takedown allows Emmer, R-6th District to move one rung up the GOP leadership ladder.

Mr. Emmer, the No. 3 Republican in the House, has pitched himself as a unity candidate, but some hard-right Trump supporters have said he was not supportive enough of the former president.

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy talks to Tom Emmer in the House Chamber during the second day of elections for speaker of the House at the US Capitol Building on January 4 in Washington, DC.

During the heated speaker’s race, Emmer was seen as a trusted negotiator even for conservatives who were more hesitant to engage directly with McCarthy after a tense conference meeting early in ...