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House Speaker Mike Johnson will not stay on as Republican leader after GOP losses
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WASHINGTON — 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 stay on as Republican leader in the new Congress, according to four sources on the call. FOR SUBSCRIBERSWhy Devin Booker is unlike almost any superstar in the NBA FOR SUBSCRIBERSThe battlegrounds our journalists are reporting from FOR SUBSCRIBERSThe midterms are over, and Trump is over the midterms FOR SUBSCRIBERSDOJ is deploying a record number of...
WASHINGTON — 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 stay on as Republican leader in the new Congress, according to four sources on the call.
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His announcement follows massive losses for his party in House races on Tuesday.
Johnson has served two terms as speaker, having been elected after Republicans ousted Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., from the top job in 2023.
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His future plans are not known.
Johnson’s departure will leave open the position of House minority leader. Republicans are scheduled to hold an internal election to select their candidate for the position next week, on Nov. 10.