John Boehner
Speaker of the House elections

John Boehner

Section Title: Speaker of the House elections
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2013 election for speaker – 113th Congress * denotes incumbent

Party	Candidate (state)	Votes	%

Republican	John Boehner* (Ohio)	220	51.64

Democratic	Nancy Pelosi (California)	192	45.04

Republican	Eric Cantor (Virginia)	3	0.70

Democratic	Jim Cooper (Tennessee)	2	0.47

Republican	Allen West	2	0.47

Republican	Justin Amash (Michigan)	1	0.24

Democratic	John Dingell (Michigan)	1	0.24

Republican	Jim Jordan (Ohio)	1	0.24

Republican	Raúl Labrador (Idaho)	1	0.24

Democratic	John Lewis (Georgia)	1	0.24

Republican	Colin Powell	1	0.24

Republican	David Walker	1	0.24

Total votes:	426

Votes necessary:	214

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John Boehner received 220 votes, needing 214 to win.

final_sentence: John Boehner received 220 votes, needing 214 to win.