House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) won his party’s nomination for a second term as speaker, teeing him up for a vote early next year even as rumors swirled earlier this week that some GOP lawmakers might prop up a challenger to his bid.

Representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana on Wednesday won the House Republican nomination to remain as House speaker. Johnson faces a full House vote in the new year, where he will need the support of a majority of the full House,

Despite those efforts, no lawmaker publicly challenged Johnson for the position, allowing him to run unopposed. Any opposition was also quelled after President-elect Donald Trump visited with the House GOP on Thursday and endorsed Johnson for another term ...

La., was selected to lead the Republican Conference again during a closed-door vote on Wednesday. The vote was unanimous, two sources in the room told Fox News Digital, despite conservatives threatening to protest Johnson getting full support.

House Republicans backed Speaker Mike Johnson as their leader in the next Congress to a man and woman Wednesday after President-elect Donald Trump warmly endorsed the Louisiana lawmaker at a meeting on Capitol Hill.

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday won a unanimous closed-door vote for his first, full term as Speaker despite rumblings of a possible rebellion against him, after he received a full-throated endorsement from President-elect Donald Trump.