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On the 3rd attempt to elect a speaker in 2023, will someone who is not a current congressperson receive a vote?

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Dems all voted for Jeffries. Here are the R votes. Who is the non-current congress member?

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@LesterCrafton Lee Zeldin is no longer a member of congress:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Zeldin

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@SimonGrayson Thank you. Stupid me.

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Which non-current congressperson received a vote?

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@LesterCrafton Yeah. I don’t know. I won in this but I can’t find out why.

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@TonyBaloney @LesterCrafton It’s Lee Zeldin. So when I went to close this and saw the percentage, I was also confused and had to look it up. I also forgot he wasn’t in Congress.

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thanks Chris. That was stupid of me.

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