
Mike Johnson
Republican · LA-4 · U.S. House
LA-4 — U.S. House
Safe R 100%Mike Johnson is not among the listed candidates for this seat — the seat is still up in 2026, as every House seat is. Nominees are not yet set. Runs on a newly enacted district map.
Bio
James Michael Johnson is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 56th speaker of the United States House of Representatives since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he is in his fifth House term, having represented Louisiana's 4th congressional district since 2017.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 9.6 years
- First took office
- 2017 (5 terms)
- Seniority
- 170 of 437 by time served
- Age
- 54
- House Republican Conference Vice Chair · 2021–2023
- Speaker of the House · 2023–present
- Bossier City, LA · 318-840-0309
- DeRidder, LA · 337-226-6385
- Leesville, LA · 337-423-4232
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $0 – $0
- Liabilities
- $265k – $550k
- Net worth
- −$550k – −$265k
- Since 2019
- +$0
From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
Mike Johnson's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
Mike Johnson (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.
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Caucuses & committees
Where Johnsonsits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.
Caucuses
- Republican Study Committeestrongly right · 139 members
Most and least aligned members
Treating Johnson's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.
Recent notable votes
Latest news
‘Happy to take a meeting’: Mike Johnson plans sit-down with Elon MuskHouse Speaker Mike Johnson is planning a sit-down with Elon Musk Friday in Texas as Republicans hope the tech billionaire will pour millions into critical midterm races.Johnson is expected to meet Musk while campaigning for Republicans across Texas, POLITICO …
Raw Story · Yesterday
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The New Republic · Yesterday
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Raw Story · Yesterday
Trump Accidentally Wrecks GOP Midterm Message in Dumbest Self-Own EverThis week, Donald Trump aggressively highlighted a long screed from a MAGA influencer that sharply criticized the GOP for failing in all kinds of ways. This is aimed like a laser at depressing the Trump base. Making this matter more, Trump keeps saying stuff …
The New Republic · Yesterday
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