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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after winning back the gavel. Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) reclaimed the gavel as speaker of the House Thursday, despite 13 House Democrats voting against her and two voting "present" — a procedural option that is not a vote for or against.
Why it matters: The split between Democrats who see Pelosi as the best possible foil to President Trump and those who sought a new generation of leadership threatened to upend her speaker bid in the immediate aftermath of the 2018 midterms. In the end, 21 Democrats who said they would support a different candidate ended up voting for Pelosi.
Here's who voted against Pelosi for speaker, and who they voted for instead:
- Anthony Brindisi (N.Y.): Joe Biden
- Jim Cooper (Tenn.): present
- Jason Crow (Colo.): Sen. Tammy Duckworth
- Joe Cunningham (S.C.): Rep. Cheri Bustos
- Jared Golden (Maine): Bustos
- Ron Kind (Wis.): Rep. John Lewis
- Conor Lamb (Pa.): Rep. Joe Kennedy
- Ben McAdams (Utah): Rep. Stephanie Murphy
- Kathleen Rice (N.Y.): Stacey Abrams
- Max Rose (N.Y.): Duckworth
- Kurt Schrader (Ore.): Rep. Marcia Fudge
- Mikie Sherrill (N.J.): Bustos
- Elissa Slotkin (Mich.): present
- Abigail Spanberger (Va.): Bustos
- Jeff Van Drew (N.J.): "No" changed to present
Go deeper: A look inside the most diverse Congress in history