Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) bowed out of the running to become House speaker Friday after failing on a third ballot, clearing the way for new candidates to take their shot at the gavel next week.

The House Judiciary Committee chairman and founding member of the Freedom Caucus struggled to win over moderates in his last bid for the speakership, winning just 194 votes from his colleagues on the House floor before suspending his run hours later.

Potential replacements filled the void soon after, with Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) and Reps. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.) and Jack Bergman (R-Mich.) throwing their hats in the ring.

Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.), who lost a conference vote to Jordan last week, also renewed his bid for the speakership, while Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), who picked up two votes on the House floor Friday morning, also put his name on the list.

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Self-described "memer" of Congress Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) is also apparently weighing a run for House speaker after he emerged with some popular takes about the fracas in online posts this week.

"How long does our speech need to be for the candidate forum on Monday?" Collins floated Friday afternoon.

The Georgia Republican solidified his prominent online posting status with a slew of humorous quips on the twists and turns his caucus has navigated since ousting Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Oct. 3.

When Jordan lost on the first ballot Wednesday, Collins responded with a light-hearted rib at his chosen candidate.

"Marked safe from having a speaker today," he also posted last Friday after Jordan clinched his caucus' nomination but failed to move to a floor vote.

Earlier, he suggested that the chaos could elevate Jeffries to lead the House "in the not-so-distant future."

House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) is considering a run for the gavel, his office tells The Post.

That tidbit was followed by a joking post from New York GOP Rep. Claudia Tenney on X, who said, "I am running."

More from McHenry: “Our nominee Jordan was given a little more time — not right for him, conference made a decision that we're going to move forward with a new speaker, not today."

“Our committees are working with the administration and the goal there for our committees is to be ready to respond legislatively once we have a duly elected speaker of the House.

"And it's my goal to be talking to you at this time next Friday as chairman of the Financial Services Committee."

Patrick McHenry has just emerged to address reporters.

“House Republicans will return on Monday at 6:30 p.m. for a candidate forum, followed by an election process on Tuesday morning at 9 a.m.”

"We need space and time for candidates to talk to other members.”

“It's fair to say that Leader Scalise wasn't given adequate time [to] campaign. I don't think that was right for him."

Rep. Marc Molinaro tells The Post: "I certainly was surprised by the desire now to just start again.

"But as I said, I voted for him twice. I believed he could unify the conference because we're at a point where we just have to get to find that agreement. And it's distressing. It's saddening, it's something that we have to deal with very quickly.

"But clearly, the sentiment of the conference by a decent number was to regroup, reorganize, to try to coalesce around a certain candidate."

Jim Jordan has just addressed reporters.

"I appreciated the opportunity to work with everyone, talk with everyone. I got to know members in our conference that I didn't really know that well over the last three weeks.

"We need to come together and figure out who our speaker is going to be. I'm going to work as hard as I can to help that individual so that we can go help the American people.

"And I'm also going to get back to work. We've got several depositions lined up next week [in the Judiciary Committee] that we need to do for the American people in our investigative work. So we'll get back to work there."

Jim Jordan is no longer the Republican speaker designate, three House GOP sources confirmed to The Post.

GOP lawmakers voted 112-86 to end Jordan's bid for the gavel after he lost additional support on the third ballot in the morning.

The next conference meeting will be held Monday at 6 p.m. to pick another candidate, another source added. No further votes are expected until then.

A new version of the letter from the McCarthy rebels has circulated, this time without Ken Buck's name.

The other seven Republicans who voted to remove the speaker on Oct. 3 have affixed their signatures, according to a copy obtained by The Post.

Some House Republicans are considering a bid to remove Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry (R-NC), following a third failed vote to elect a new leader for their conference.

Photos emerged Friday afternoon of members on the House floor passing around a resolution to oust McHenry as Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) failed to win enough support to become the next speaker.

The pictures identified Freedom Caucus Chairman Scott Perry (R-Pa.) as the measure's author, but the resolution had not yet been signed by any representatives.

Asked by reporters for his reaction, McHenry jokingly said, "Fantastic."

McHenry has refrained from calling up any legislation since being forced into the speaker role after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was removed on Oct. 3.

McHenry also confirmed a Thursday report by NBC News that he vowed to step down if Jordan holdouts tried to empower him without a formal House vote, telling reporters: "That is directly what I said."

The eight Republicans who voted to oust Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from the speakership on Oct. 3 are circulating a letter to colleagues that says they are willing to be expelled from the GOP ranks in their push to help Jim Jordan win the gavel.

Reps. Andy Biggs of Arizona, Ken Buck of Colorado, Tim Burchett of Tennessee, Eli Crane of Arizona, Matt Gaetz of Florida, Bob Good of Virginia, Nancy Mace of South Carolina and Matt Rosendale of Montana were all included in the "Dear Colleague" letter.

Asked by a reporter for the Dispatch why he signed on to the letter, Buck denied having done so.

Notably, the names are printed, but there are no signatures.

Rare comments from Speaker Pro Tem Patrick McHenry:

"I thought Scalise deserved more time. I said that to him directly ... I think I owe the same courtesy to Speaker-designate Jordan."

"I'm here to preside over the election of the next speaker. I said very clearly to Republicans yesterday that any move to go beyond that, I would not support, and we've had a nonpartisan parliamentarian for the last 50 years.”

“That matters a lot to me. And I'm not going to take a temporary position and undermine this institution. And I'm fighting vigorously to make sure that neither side can do that.”