Rep. Kevin McCarthy wins House speakership: Live updates - CNN

McCarthy celebrates aft being elected Speaker. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Rep. Kevin McCarthy has been elected House talker aft aggregate days of negotiations and 15 rounds of voting.

The last tally was 216 votes for McCarthy, 212 for Democratic House person Hakeem Jeffries with six representatives voting "present."

Republicans previously agreed to nominate McCarthy, but his way to the speakership was uncertain aft a radical of GOP holdouts threatened to derail his bid.

Several days of gridlock gave mode to melodramatic moments precocious Friday evening. In the 14th round, an bonzer country erupted, with McCarthy confronting Rep. Matt Gaetz, whose ballot connected that ballot could person fixed him the relation helium has sought for truthful long.

After a failed question to adjourn until Monday, McCarthy yet had the votes to unafraid the position.

When the triumph was announced, Reps. Steve Scalise, Elise Stefanik, and Ryan Zinke, the past subordinate to vote, each ran implicit to McCarthy with their ballot cards for him to sign. 

The full GOP league was connected their feet clapping. McCarthy hugged galore members that came up to him and waved to folks successful the gallery. 

The GOP lone holds a slim majority successful the enclosure – 222 Republicans compared with 212 Democrats – which meant McCarthy could not spend galore defections.

McCarthy represents California and antecedently served arsenic House number leader. McCarthy has already vowed to motorboat aggregate investigations into President Joe Biden and his administration.

Now, the House tin proceed with the remainder of its business, including administering the oath of bureau to recently elected members.