I think most of the freshman voted for boner. They are brand spanking virgins who will form soon, but are not formed yet.
Happy to see Rod Blum, new from Iowa’s first district vote against Boehner and with Steve King. Alas wasn’t surprised to see Iowa’s new 3rd district vote for Boehner; that was arguably the most screwed up local GOP to successfully elect a rep anywhere this fall. My 2nd district rep also didn’t vote for Boehner, but voted as expected for the merely meaningless alternative, Pelosi. He might have joined 20 other Rats and sat out the vote, lowering Boehner’s target half a vote each. Still Iowa got half its state delegation and 2/3 its GOP votes for GOP alternatives. Did any other state fare as well?