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Speaker Johnson won’t seek reelection as House Republican leader after party’s midterm losses
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It’s a swift rise and fall for the Louisiana congressman, often seen as an accidental speaker.
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Democrats have won control of Congress in a widespread repudiation of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party. Democrats have flipped at least seven Senate seats in ruby-red states and battlegrounds alike: Kansas, Iowa, Texas, Ohio, Maine, North Carolina and South Carolina.
Speaker Mike Johnson doesn’t intend to lead House Republicans next year following the party’s election defeat, said people familiar with his plans, triggering a struggle over who will guide GOP lawmakers as they confront a diminished role as a legislative minority.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) told staff Wednesday morning that he will not seek to become House minority leader in the next Congress, sources familiar with the matter told the Washington Examiner. Johnson’s decision comes after steep Republican losses in Tuesday’s midterm elections, where Democ…
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) plans to step down as the House's top Republican after his party's epic midterm election losses wiped out their majority, according to a person familiar with his plans. Why it matters: Johnson's exit touches off a potentially contentious scramble to replace him with Repu…
House Speaker Mike Johnson told his staff Wednesday that he will not vie to be minority leader in the next session of Congress after Republicans suffered a generational midterm wipeout, a source told The Post.
A day after Democrats won the House majority, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told his staff in a phone call this morning he will not not stay on as Republican leader in the new Congress, according to four sources on the call.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson won’t seek reelection as House Republican leader after Democratic takeover, an AP source says. THIS IS AN APNewsAlert. Check...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on a staff call Wednesday that he will not run for minority leader, according to two GOP staffers, heading off what will likely be a bitter fight over the party’s future in the next Congress as Republicans reel from a seismic election defeat.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is stepping down from Republican leadership. The Louisiana Republican announced on Wednesday morning on an all-staff call that he will not run for House minority leader for the new Congress next year, following Tuesday’s historical Democratic landslide takeover of the Hous…
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) already decided to run for the position. The post Mike Johnson Won’t Run for House Minority Leader first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion .
House Speaker Mike Johnson will not stay on as Republican leader when Democrats take control of the chamber in January, according to multiple news outlets. Hakeem Jeffries is in line to become the next speaker, after four years as minority leader.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said he would not remain in leadership Wednesday after Democrats reclaimed control of the House. Democrats took control of the House during Tuesday’s […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, is taking himself out of the running for minority leader after the GOP was dealt widespread midterm losses on Tuesday night, a source familiar with the decision told the Daily Signal.
House Speaker Mike Johnson will be stepping aside from Republican Party leadership after the GOP’s wipeout in the midterm elections, declining to seek support to stay on as House minority leader in the new Congress.
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