How did the impeachment vote break down by state delegation and congressional district?
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Executive summary
The House on June 24, 2025, voted 344 to 79 to table Representative Al Green’s impeachment resolution (H.Res.537), with 344 yeas (motion to table passed) and 79 nays recorded [1]. Reporting shows that the roll call largely followed party lines — 214 Republicans and 23 Democrats voted to table the measure, while 140 members opposed the motion — but multiple outlets and the Clerk’s roll call are the primary sources for the concrete totals [2] [1].
1. What the official tally shows — the simple numbers
The House clerk’s official roll call lists the outcome as “On Motion to Table” H.Res.537: yea 344, nay 79, present 0, and the motion passed [1]. Axios summarized the party breakdown, reporting the House voted 237 to 140 in favor of Scalise’s motion at one stage of coverage and stated 23 Democrats joined 214 Republicans in support of tabling the measure [2]. The clerk’s roll call is the definitive numerical record [1].
2. Party alignment and the surprising Democratic defections
Coverage emphasizes that the vote largely split on partisan lines: most Republicans supported the motion to table, while most Democrats opposed it. Yet a notable group of Democrats voted with Republicans to table the resolution — reporting identifies “nearly two dozen” or 23 Democrats who sided with the GOP to kill the privileged impeachment motion [2]. Newsweek and Axios both highlight that roughly 128 Democrats were reported in some rounds as joining Republicans to table earlier impeachment efforts; for this June 24 vote the mainstream accounts converge on 23 Democratic defections to the GOP tabling votes [3] [2].
3. State delegations and congressional-district patterns — what sources provide and what they don’t
Available sources give national totals and note a bloc of Democrats who broke with their caucus, but the provided reporting does not publish a comprehensive by-state delegation or by-district breakdown in this data set. GovTrack notes tools such as district cartograms for visualizing how individual districts voted, but the specific vote-by-district listings and the full per-member roll call are contained in the House clerk record (which is cited for totals) and in outlets that reprint the roll call; those detailed, per-district tabulations are not reproduced in the excerpts provided here [4] [1]. In short: the official roll call exists [1] but the current reporting excerpts do not present a neat state-by-state or district-by-district table.
4. Why some Democrats voted to table — competing explanations in reporting
Public statements and contemporaneous reporting explain the defections as a mix of constitutional caution and political calculation. Democratic leaders announced they would vote “present” on a Republican motion to table in at least one episode of this debate, arguing impeachment must be methodical and based on investigation, not a privileged snap motion [5] [6]. Other Democrats said they believed Trump’s actions might be impeachable but that the House needed far more process, oversight and political unity before pursuing impeachment [2] [7]. Republicans argued tabling was procedural; Democrats who favored process framed tabling as defending the integrity of impeachment as an institution [6] [7].
5. How outlets framed the political stakes and agendas
Coverage framed the vote as both a procedural defeat for impeachment proponents and a politically charged moment. Axios called the vote infuriating to many Democrats who felt trapped between opposing the president’s conduct and avoiding being seen as abetting a rushed impeachment [2]. The Hill noted Democratic leadership’s coordinated “present” posture in other parts of the debate and said Al Green’s forced vote was effectively scuttled with Democratic leadership refusing to help the effort [6]. These accounts reveal competing agendas: reformers seeking immediate accountability vs. party leaders prioritizing process and broader electoral strategy [2] [6].
6. Limitations and where to look for a state/district breakdown
The clerk’s roll call (official source) contains the full member-by-member votes [1]. GovTrack and some outlets build district cartograms or tables from that roll call [4]. The snippets here do not reproduce the full state delegation or district-by-district list; therefore, readers wanting every member’s vote mapped to state or district should consult the House Clerk’s vote page and GovTrack’s district visualizations directly [1] [4]. Current excerpts do not provide the complete per-district tabulation.
7. Bottom line — what this vote means
Procedurally, the motion to table succeeded overwhelmingly, killing the immediate impeachment effort [1]. Politically, the episode exposed fissures within the Democratic caucus — a measurable number of Democrats sided with Republicans to block a quick impeachment push, citing process and concerns about strategy — and mainstream coverage treated those defections as significant in evaluating party discipline and the future of impeachment efforts [2] [6]. Available sources do not mention a complete per-state/district tally in the excerpts provided here; consult the House clerk roll call and GovTrack for the full member-by-member and district visualizations [1] [4].