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Kevin McCarthy could face a floor fight for speaker. That hasn’t happened in a century

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Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is struggling to secure the 218 votes he needs to be elected speaker of the House in January

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McCarthy foes have declared they will not vote for him under any circumstance

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“He doesn’t have the votes,” said Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., a leader of the conservative Freedom Caucus

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It’s put McCarthy in a precarious position: He’s won his party’s nomination for speaker while fighting for his political life

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In this game of chicken, if the conservatives don’t blink and McCarthy refuses to back down

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Here are other examples throughout history where the speaker's gavel didn't come easy

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1855-56: The longest speaker election ever Dec. 3, 1855, started like any other opening day of a new Congress

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1923: The last time the speaker vote went multiple ballots When the House gathered on Dec. 4, 1923, Frederick Gillett sought re-election as speaker

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2013: Conservatives plot coup against Boehner In 2013, the Tea Party movement that had swept Ohio Republican John Boehner into the speaker’s office turned on Boehner himself

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