Mike Johnson Resigns As GOP Leader After Humiliating Midterm Wipeout

Nov 6, 2026  #mikeJohnson

Five days before the midterms, Mike Johnson went on Fox & Friends and promised America the polls were going to be "historically wrong." Then Democrats took the House and the Senate, and by Wednesday morning the Speaker was telling his own staff he won't run to lead House Republicans in the next Congress.

23 days earlier, Johnson told CBS News, "I intend to stay and lead." Now Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise are lining up for his job, the Iowa Republicans he hyped at Trump's rally got wiped out, and Republican Rep. Greg Steube told his own leadership, "No, the polls were not wrong. You were."
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