Watch live as House Republicans emerge from the US Capitol after nominating a candidate to become the new speaker for the House of Representatives.
Representatives have nominated Steve Scalise, a congressman from Louisiana, to become the third most powerful politician in the United States.
He beat the Donald Trump-backed choice Jim Jordan, reportedly by 113 votes to 99.
The Republicans control the House of Representatives and will need to win near-unanimous support from his GOP colleagues if he is to become the speaker.
The vote comes only eight days after Kevin McCarthy was removed from the position of speaker in a rebellion led by Trump-supporting Ohio congressman Matt Gaetz.
Representative Scalise opposed the removal of former speaker McCarthy.
In 2017, the 58-year-old congressman was shot by a left-wing domestic terrorist during a GOP baseball match. He was seriously injured at the time though made a full recovery.
