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Photos of the week: Speaker finally elected edition

Newly elected Speaker Mike Johnson, second from right, takes photos with members after a news conference on the House steps of the Capitol after winning the speakership on Wednesday.
Newly elected Speaker Mike Johnson, second from right, takes photos with members after a news conference on the House steps of the Capitol after winning the speakership on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted October 27, 2023 at 1:07pm

After weeks of a speakerless House, Republican members finally elected Rep. Mike Johnson this week. CQ Roll Call photojournalists spent countless hours in hallways staking out closed meetings, as well as in the House chamber, documenting the drama.

Louisiana Republican Rep. Mike Johnson is sworn in on the House floor after winning the speakership on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Speaker Johnson acknowledges members on the House floor after winning the speakership on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
South Dakota GOP Rep. Dusty Johnson blows a party horn on the House floor before Johnson was elected speaker on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
A Capitol tour guide holds up her tour group as Capitol workers remove furniture from the speakers’ offices before the vote to elect Johnson on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Ohio Republican Rep. Warren Davidson, center window, walks to the House Republican Conference’s speaker election meeting in the Longworth House Office Building on Tuesday night. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Texas GOP Rep. Troy Nehls, speaks to reporters outside of the House Republicans’ meeting to nominate another speaker candidate in the Longworth Building on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan speaks to reporters outside the GOP conference speaker election meeting Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Johnson arrives for the speaker candidate forum in the Longworth Building on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

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