House Republicans selected Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) to be their fourth speaker-designate in the weeks since Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was removed from the speakership.
The Louisiana Republican now needs to get 217 votes from the GOP conference on the House floor to be elected speaker, something previous GOP speaker nominees failed to do. Here is what you need to know about Johnson before the speaker vote.
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Who is he?
Johnson is a four-term congressman and has represented Louisiana’s 4th Congressional District since 2017. He has served as the vice chairman of the House Republican Conference since 2021 after serving as the head of the Republicans Study Committee from 2019 until 2021.
He currently serves on the House Judiciary Committee and the House Armed Services Committee. If he wins the speakership, Johnson will be the least experienced presiding officer elected since Kentuc …