Boehner re-elected as Speaker of the House

Rep. Boehner (Ohio) re-elected as Speaker of the House (Photo: Getty)

Ohio Rep. John Boehner, R, won a second term as speaker of the House on Thursday over the dissent of a handful of House conservatives.

Following a bruising first two years as speaker and leader of House Republicans, 10 conservative lawmakers cast votes for someone other than Boehner during a roll call vote in the first hours of the new Congress. Several other conservative Republicans abstained from voting.

Boehner received 220 votes of a total of 426 cast.
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