NEW ORLEANS — What state is Mike Johnson from? Johnson, a Republican Louisiana congressman, was elected as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in October 2023.
Johnson represents the Fourth Congressional District of Louisiana, an area in the northwest section of the state, largely populated by Shreveport and Bossier City. It also includes the cities of Minden, DeRidder, and Natchitoches.
He is facing a potential challenge to his leadership as U.S. Speaker of the House. Hard-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene filed a motion to strip Johnson of the gavel last week.
“Today I filed a motion to vacate after Speaker Johnson has betrayed our conference and broken our rules,” Greene said.
Johnson was elected to Congress in 2017.
He voted against certifying the 2020 election, against legalizing same-sex marriage, and against more aid to the Ukrainian war effort. He also opposed the continuing resolution that wound up costing McCarthy his job, though he voted to retain McCarthy as speaker. Johnson was also a member of the legal team defending Trump in House impeachment hearings.
Johnson, vice chair of the Republican conference, is an evangelical Christian conservative who is close to the Louisiana Family Forum, the influential religious conservative group in Baton Rouge. A constitutional lawyer, he trained at LSU before joining the state Legislature in 2015, and then Prior to politics, Johnson represented churches, pastors and congregants whose vision of religious freedom conflicted with government regulations.
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