Rep Jim Jordan is out as the nominated speaker of the House Republicans after losing an internal ballot by a large margin.
According to Rep Kat Cammack, Mr Jordan lost by 112 votes to 86.
This comes after Mr Jordan lost further support on the third ballot of the full house.
On the first House vote, 20 Republicans voted against Mr Jordan, 22 did so on the second, and 25 on the third. Mr McCarthy took 15 rounds of voting before he managed to get across the line in January.
Acting Speaker Rep Patrick McHenry said on Friday afternoon said Republicans will return on Monday for a candidate forum following the removal of Rep Jim Jordan.
The “election process” will then begin on Tuesday morning, he added.
“The reason why I made that decision is, we need space and time for candidates to talk to other members,” he told the press.
A large and growing number of Republicans were starting to make calls to sound out fellow members about who they might support.