Lawmakers got creative as they cast their ballots for the next speaker on Wednesday.

Lawmakers got creative as they cast their ballots for the next speaker on Wednesday.

After weeks without a speaker, lawmakers got creative as they cast their votes for or against Rep. Mike Johnson for House speaker.

Some highlights:

  • Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) said “happy wedding anniversary to my wife” as she cast her vote for Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Johnson has been an outspoken opponent of same-sex marriage.
  • House Appropriations Chair Kay Granger (R-Texas) mistakenly voted for Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) before quickly switching to Johnson.
  • Rep. Tracey Mann (R-Kan.) said simply “I like Mike” as he cast his vote for Johnson.
  • Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) voted for “Mike Magic Johnson.”
  • Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) said “we are back and better than ever” as he cast his vote for Johnson.
  • Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.) voted for Jeffries as “the only candidate who represents the integrity of this House.”

It comes as Johnson is poised to win the speakership on a party-line vote.

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