{"id":412,"date":"2026-11-04T13:56:43","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T18:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/?p=412"},"modified":"2026-11-04T13:56:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T18:56:43","slug":"mike-johnson-wont-seek-new-term-as-house-gop-leader-after-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/?p=412","title":{"rendered":"Mike Johnson won&#x27;t seek new term as House GOP leader after losses"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><!-- AVision: picture 1 left out \u2014 the site answered HTTP 500 to POST \/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media with no explanation \u2014 the SERVER failed on the request: a PHP fa --><\/figure>\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson has told staffers he will not run for minority leader when the new Congress convenes, according to a source familiar with the matter. The announcement comes after Republican losses left the party out of power in the House.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson&#x27;s decision sets off what is expected to be a fresh battle within the GOP over who will lead the caucus going forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wire-source\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/house-speaker-mike-johnson-minority-leader-gop-loses\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CBS News \u2014 Mike Johnson won&#x27;t seek new term as House GOP leader after losses<\/a>. Also reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/rachel-maddow-show\/maddowblog\/mike-johnson-speaker-minority-leader-republicans-midterm-elections-scalise-jim-jordan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MS NOW<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/house-speaker-mike-johnson-republican-leader-gop-losses-rcna607434\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wire-credit\"><em>AI-assisted summary; the reporting is the source&#x27;s. Read the original at the link.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson has told staffers he will not run for minority leader when&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[203],"tags":[149,296,59,295,297],"class_list":["post-412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election-2026","tag-congress","tag-house-gop","tag-midterm-elections","tag-mike-johnson","tag-republican-leadership"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}