2021 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election information
Re-election of Nancy Pelosi as Speaker
2021 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election
← 2019
January 3, 2021
January 2023 →
Needed to win: Majority of the votes cast 427 votes cast, 214 needed for a majority
Majority party
Minority party
Candidate
Nancy Pelosi
Kevin McCarthy
Party
Democratic
Republican
Leader's seat
California 12th
California 23rd
Members' vote
216
209
Percentage
50.59%
48.95%
Candidate
Others
Members' vote
2
Percentage
0.47%
Speaker before election
Nancy Pelosi
Democratic
Elected Speaker
Nancy Pelosi
Democratic
On January 3, 2021, the 1st day of the 117th Congress and 2 months after the 2020 U.S. House elections, the incoming members of the U.S. House of Representatives held an election for speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. It was the 127th U.S. speaker election since the office was created in 1789.
The incumbent speaker, Democrat Nancy Pelosi, was elected to a 4th (2nd consecutive) term, defeating Republican Kevin McCarthy 216–209, with two votes going to other individuals. As only 427 representatives in the 435-member House cast a vote (due to vacancies, absentees, or members voting present), 214 votes were necessary to win.
This is the most recent election in which a Speaker was elected on the first ballot.
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