Mike Johnson to Retain House Speaker Position in New Administration

Mike Johnson to Retain Position as Speaker of House of Representatives in New Composition Vladislav Kravtsov

Mike Johnson will retain his position as Speaker of the House of Representatives under the new composition of the US House of Representatives. He received support as a candidate for this position from the Republican Party.

This is reported by 24 Channel with reference to the publication Axios. He has held this post since October 2023.

Why Johnson will retain his post as Speaker of the House

Journalists noted that Mike Johnson won the Republican nomination for a full two-year term as Speaker of the lower house of the US Parliament on November 13, after running for it.

He must be approved by the new composition of the House of Representatives, which is scheduled to begin working on January 3, 2025.

Before that, in January 2024, Johnson will need 218 votes to retain his post. Since then, his position has been shaky, because some Republicans did not support the speaker. But President-elect Trump told Republicans on Wednesday that he “stands 100% behind Johnson.”

Johnson, who won by a unanimous vote, was once widely considered to be the speaker pro tem after he replaced Kevin McCarthy, who was removed from the 118th Congress, according to the authors of the article. In addition, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise was unanimously retained in his post, which includes setting the legislative agenda and calling the floor.

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer will also remain in the new Congress.

By the way, Donald Trump also officially announced on November 13 that he would appoint Marco Rubio as the new US Secretary of State after the inauguration. He is known to be a hawk on China, Cuba and Iran.