After seven weeks without voting sessions, the full Ohio House will vote on Wednesday on a new speaker, and because no candidate had 50 votes among the 65-member Republican caucus, votes from Democrats could be important. But most Democrats are saying they won鈥檛 help out any Republican candidate.
Traditionally, the majority鈥檚 pick for speaker is voted in unanimously. But several Democrats say they鈥檒l vote for their own .
says he wants to vote for someone and it鈥檚 not a protest, and it鈥檚 not fair for Republicans to call Democrats obstructionists.
鈥淭hey have, frankly, bent the rules of fairness and democracy to make themselves a 2-1 majority in a 50-50 state, and even with that many members, they can鈥檛 seem to come up with 50 votes. That鈥檚 dysfunction within their own caucus and there鈥檚 no other way to put that,鈥� he said.
has said she鈥檒l vote for Republican Ryan Smith, . Smith has said Thompson is a proxy for Larry Householder, who is Smith鈥檚 competition in next year鈥檚 speaker鈥檚 race.
