Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, lost the first round vote to be House speaker on Tuesday after 20 Republicans joined all Democrats to shoot him down.
But it may not be the end of his bid for the gavel. Jordan allies have signaled that the GOP bomb-thrower is willing to go through multiple rounds of votes to get a majority.
"It might take a few votes, it might not be done on the first on the first ballot, but I think he's okay with that," one GOP lawmaker told Fox News Digital after a closed-door House Republican meeting on Monday night.
Jordan was selected to be the House GOP’s candidate for speaker in an anonymous vote last week, but it became immediately clear that it would be an uphill battle to win the support of moderates and other wary establishment Republicans.
