Alabama’s six Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives voted Tuesday for California Congressman Kevin McCarthy to serve as Speaker of the House.

As expected, though, no candidate received enough votes to win the speaker’s gavel as Republicans held a majority for the first time since 2020. Rounds of voting will continue until a majority votes for one candidate.

It’s the first time in 100 years that the vote for House speaker has gone to more than one ballot.

Alabama Republicans Robert Aderholt, Jerry Carl, Barry Moore, Gary Palmer, Mike Rogers and Dale Strong all cast votes for McCarthy in the roll-call vote. Alabama’s lone Democrat in the House, Terri Sewell, voted for Hakeem Jefferies – the New York congressman chosen by Democrats to lead the party’s caucus.

Jefferies received the plurality of votes with 212. McCarthy collected 203 votes. With every member voting, 218 votes are needed to win the majority.

Members of the ultra-conservative Freedom Caucus in the House withheld support of McCarthy in the first round of voting, thwarting his bid to receive the majority of votes. Former Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Biggs of Arizona was nominated for speaker by Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert but received only 10 votes. Another nines votes went to Republican candidates who were not formally nominated.

Alabama’s delegation had given no public indication of its intention to oppose McCarthy. Aderholt, the dean of the delegation, issued a statement Monday announcing his intention to support McCarthy.

This story will be updated.