“I think we get it done on the first round,” Mr. Johnson said on Thursday afternoon on Fox Business. “Certainly hopeful for that, because, as we noted, we’ve got to stick together.” Some Republicans have signaled they may not be inclined to do so. Representative Chip Roy, Republican of Texas, said in a social media post on Wednesday that he was “still undecided” on whether to back Mr. Johnson, but added that “something MUST change” in Republican leadership. Here’s what else to know: House vote: The House will convene at 12 p.m. Friday and take a procedural vote before voting on a speaker. After both parties nominate their candidates, the House clerk will proceed to an alphabetical roll-call vote. Not a formality: The election of the speaker has typically been a pro forma affair. But that changed in 2023, when House Republicans first took back the majority and conservatives subjected Representative Kevin McCarthy of California to a 15-ballot, four-day round of voting. Read more about how the process works. More Trump picks: Mr. Trump on Thursday announced a flurry of choices for the Treasury Department, including Kenneth J. Kies, a tax lawyer, as assistant secretary for tax policy; Daniel Katz as the department’s chief of staff; and Samantha Schwab — a granddaughter of Charles Schwab, founder of the brokerage house that bears his name and a reliable Republican donor — as one of Mr. Katz’s deputies. He also made picks for ambassadors to Spain and the Netherlands. Track his appointments here.