Mike Johnson maintains lead in second round of speaker votes, two more candidates out

Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., maintained his lead in the second round of GOP voting for House speaker with one candidate eliminated and another dropping out.

Johnson finished with 97 votes while Rep. Byron Donalds , R-Fla., finished second with 31, Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., third with 21, and Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, last with 20.

Williams was eliminated due to coming in last, and Green dropped out shortly after.

Other unnamed candidates received 34 votes, and three members voted present.

Johnson and Donalds are the final two candidates in the running for the party's nomination.