Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris (R-MD) believes there should be more than one person in the race for House speaker to avoid a “Soviet-style” election following reports that hardline conservatives are hoping to find a challenger for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).

House conservatives say they expect to present a challenger to Speaker Mike Johnson in Wednesday's internal GOP leadership elections, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Johnson is the formidable favorite in tomorrow's ballot.

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Mike Johnson says Republicans are 'ready to deliver' on Trump's mandate after election victory.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is seeking a smooth re-election to another term wielding the gavel, but a small group of discontent conservatives are again vying to shake things up at the top.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson joined President-elect Donald Trump's victory party early Wednesday morning, jetting from his own election night event in Shreveport to make it to Florida in the nick of time. Johnson's spokesman said in a text to USA Today Network the speaker made it to Palm Beach "with no time to spare."

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.

The US president-elect will meet Johnson in Washington on Wednesday, and the speaker will be spending the weekend with Trump at Mar-a-Lago.

House Speaker Mike Johnson says at a news conference on the East Front Steps of the US Capitol a week after the 2024 election that with Donald Trump as president, Mike Johnson as Speaker, and a new Republican majority,