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Republicans nominate Mike Johnson of Louisiana as the new candidate for the post of Speaker of the US House of Representatives.
The decision was made at a meeting where the party gathered to nominate yet another candidate after Tom Emmer, also a Republican, was nominated but gave up after just a few hours.
Mike Johnson becomes the fourth person in two weeks to be nominated after Kevin McCarthy was ousted in a historic vote in early October.