More than half of Florida’s GOP Congressional delegation favors Jim Jordan for U.S. House speaker

So far, at least 12 U.S. House members out of the 20 in Florida’s GOP congressional delegation confirm that they now support Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan to become the next speaker of the House of Representatives.

At the same time, the other GOP members of the group vow that they will not vote for Jordan, and a couple said they will stand behind former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who had been ousted.

The U.S. House of Representatives has been without a permanent speaker for nearly two weeks and concern is growing about avoiding a possible government shutdown in a month, as well as addressing pressing issues such as the Israel-Hamas war. On Friday, after Jordan became the next best choice, he still lacked at least 50 votes amongst fellow Republicans. But as fluid events continue, a floor vote is expected at noon on Jordan’s nomination.

Among the dozen of Florida Republicans who say that they will vote for Jordan now include Matt Gaetz, Byron Donalds, Michael Waltz, Anna Paulina Luna, Daniel Webster, Brian Mast, Kat Cammack, Gus Bilirakis, Greg Steube, Cory Mills, Neil Dunn and now Vern Buchanan, who had been a holdout against Jordan but announced on Monday that he had received a phone call from Jordan and now will be offering his support for the Ohio Republican.