Via CNN: Boehner elected House majority leader
House Republicans on Thursday elected U.S. Rep. John Boehner of Ohio as majority leader.He upset Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri in a 122-109 vote. Rep. John Shadegg of Arizona dropped out after a first ballot loss.
I would have preferred Shadegg, but certainly prefer Boehner to Blunt.
The Era of DeLay is now over.
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John Boehner Elected Majority Leader
John Boehner, the number two vote getter on the first ballot and everyone’s consensus second choice, has defeated Majority Whip Roy Blunt and been elected House Majority Leader, according to GOP.gov and Mike Krempasky at RedState.
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