Mike Johnson, Louisiana

Mike Johnson Elected House Speaker After Republican Holdouts Change Their Votes in the First Round
Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson was narrowly reelected as House speaker on Friday, Jan. 3, after a small handful of House Republicans who opposed his candidacy changed their votes at the last second
US:: Mike Johnson, Lawmaker From Louisiana Re-Elected As Speaker Of House Of Representatives
Washington: Mike Johnson, a lawmaker from Louisiana, was re-elected speaker of the House of Representatives. The Republican party closed ranks to avert a repeat of the days-long leadership crisis that had led to his elevation to the chair in 2023.
Louisiana leaders celebrate Mike Johnson’s reelection as House speaker
Louisiana leaders are celebrating Rep. Mike Johnson’s reelection as Speaker of the House. Here's what they had to say about his leadership.
Mike Johnson re-elected House speaker after GOP mutiny threat dissolves
House Speaker Mike Johnson will hold onto his position as head of the chamber after Republicans cast their votes in his favor. President-elect Donald Trump threw his support behind Johnson.
House Speaker Mike Johnson held onto his job, but there are signs of trouble ahead
Mike Johnson was reelected as House speaker on a single vote. But Johnson faces many of the same demands from hard-line conservatives that led to the ouster of his predecessor as speaker.
Inside the Capitol as Louisiana's Mike Johnson is reelected speaker: 'We have a mandate'
See an inside look into how Johnson wrangled the votes he needed to keep one of the most powerful jobs in America.
Mike Johnson reelected as House speaker. All 4 Utah reps support him
The fate of Mike Johnson’s gavel rested on the House of Representatives and members-elect of the 119th Congress. On Friday, the first day of the session, Republicans didn’t support Johnson on the first vote even after he engaged in some last-minute lobbying ahead of the vote.
Republican Mike Johnson reelected House speaker in dramatic floor vote
Johnson, of Louisiana, has been working diligently to prevent defeat, spending New Year’s Day at Mar-a-Lago as he positions himself alongside Trump. The speaker often portrays himself as the “quarterback” who will be executing the political plays called by the “coach,” the president-elect.
Why the speaker vote should still worry Mike Johnson
But Johnson is also in trouble because many of the key votes ostensibly for him look more like votes for the Republican agenda in spite of him. After the vote, leaders of the House Freedom Caucus, a group of about three dozen right-wing,
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Mike Johnson Keeps the Speaker’s Gavel
Mike Johnson of Louisiana to lead the lower chamber on Friday, after two Republican holdouts—Reps. Ralph Norman and Keith Self—flipped their votes to deliver Johnson a narrow majority and end the speakership race on the first ballot.
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