Mike Johnson is an American lawyer and Republican politician who became speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in October 2023. His full name is James Michael Johnson, and he was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1972. He represents Louisiana’s 4th congressional district, which includes northwestern and western parts of the state. Johnson was first elected to the U.S. House in 2016. With the results of the 2026 midterm elections in which Democrats took control of the House, Johnson will not be speaker after January 3, 2027.
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