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Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan dropped out of the race for House speaker Friday after he lost a third floor vote and his colleagues subsequently voted in a private meeting against him continuing his candidacy.

The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Glenn “GT” Thompson, is expressing confidence that he can still move a bipartisan farm bill after conversations with Rep. Jim Jordan, a long-time critic of farm policy who’s trying to win the House speakership.

Rep. Jim Jordan, a long-time budget hawk who’s consistently voted against farm bills, won the GOP nomination for House speaker on Friday, but like Steve Scalise before him he still has to win over dozens of his Republican colleagues. 

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise won his colleagues’ nomination to move up to House speaker, but he still has to win over some hardline conservatives loyal to Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, or risk another protracted election on the House floor.