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Background on Johnson

Johnson has been a vocal Trump supporter and was one of the 147 GOP lawmakers who voted to overturn the results of the 2020 election. He also led the charge to get 125 of his Republican colleagues to sign an amicus brief to the Supreme Court, supporting Texas' lawsuit that would have invalidated the election results in key battleground states.

Johnson has a long history of opposing abortion rights. He has endorsed a bill that would ban abortion nationally after 15 weeks, with exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother. He referred to the "so-called separation of church and state" and said "the founders wanted to protect the church from an encroaching state, not the other way around." He voted against bipartisan legislation to codify same-sex marriage, which Biden signed into law in 2022.

Select Reporting

• AP: Mike Johnson elected House speaker with broad Republican support
• Axios: What to know about new House Speaker Mike Johnson
• Business Insider: Mike Johnson: Everything You Need to Know About the New House Speaker
• CNBC Mike Johnson House Speaker: Louisiana Republican in the spotlight

Ballots Cast

Votes Not Cast for Party Nominee

[^1]: Zeldin, whose term as a House member had ended with the close of the 117th and previous Congress, was no longer an incumbent representative. [^2]: Former Speaker Boehner, whose term as a House member had ended with his resignation during the 114th Congress, was no longer an incumbent representative. [^3]: Miller, whose term as a House member had ended with the close of the 114th Congress, was no longer an incumbent representative. [^4]: Bilirakis missed the first vote due to the funeral of his mother-in-law. [^5]: Gonzalez missed the third ballot due to a death in his family. [^6]: Van Orden missed the third ballot as he embarked on what he described as a "fact-finding mission" in Israel.