Speaker Mike Johnson and the GOP are feeling increasingly bullish about holding onto the House of Representatives ... they could still lose GOP incumbents in blue states like California and Oregon. Yet the seats the GOP is expecting to hold show surprising ...

The race has been called. Mike Johnson, a 52-year-old Republican, was first elected to the U.S. House in 2016 and became the lower chamber’s leader in October 2023.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is feeling pretty good about his job security. Why it matters: As the election results rolled in Tuesday night, Johnson — who was once widely viewed as a placeholder leader — told Axios he's confident House Republicans will keep their majority and tap him to stay on as speaker.