The House's unsuccessful efforts to elect its next speaker have thrust Florida Republican Byron Donalds into the spotlight, as three of Rep. Kevin McCarthy's detractors nominated him to be speaker in three subsequent rounds of voting Wednesday.
have thrust Florida Republican Byron Donalds into the spotlight, as three of Rep. Kevin McCarthy's detractors nominated him to be speaker in three subsequent rounds of voting Wednesday.
"The job I really want to do is make sure we govern on behalf of the American people," Donalds said. Representative Byron Donalds, a Republican from Florida, speaks to members of the media before House Republican caucus leadership elections on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Perry, too, noted that electing Donalds speaker would be historic because he would become the first Black Republican speaker.Donalds, 44, supported McCarthy on the first two ballots Tuesday, but cast his vote for speaker for GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio on the third.
Donalds told reporters at the Capitol that he didn't run for Congress with the intent of being House speaker, but was approached by McCarthy's opponents about being nominated. Donalds ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2012 and was appointed to the Board of Trustees for Florida SouthWestern State College by then-Gov. Rick Scott. Donalds was elected to the Florida House in 2016 and served two terms in Tallahassee.
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