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House Speaker Mike Johnson will not stay on as Republican leader after GOP losses

NBC News Politics·November 4, 2026·1 min read
House Speaker Mike Johnson will not stay on as Republican leader after GOP losses

A day after Democrats won the House majority, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told his staff in a phone call this morning he will not stay on as Republican leader in the new Congress, according to four sources on the call.

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