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,

For all the handwringing over whether House Speaker Mike Johnson will get another term, no other Republican lawmaker is seen as an obvious replacement. During the January 2023 race won by former Rep.

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