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Republican congressman Mike Johnson of Louisiana has been elected House speaker by a vote of 220-209, with a few absences. Republicans eagerly voted to give Johnson the gavel on Wednesday.
The deeply conservative Louisiana lawmaker was elected on the first ballot.
Following weeks of Republican infighting, the House of Representatives elected Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., as House speaker on Wednesday.
A lower-ranked member of the House GOP leadership team, the deeply religious and even-keeled Johnson emerged as a consensus party pick after weeks of Republican in-fighting. He is known for having few enemies and an important GOP backer: Donald Trump.
Rep. Mike Johnson easily secured enough votes to be elected House speaker on Wednesday, as Republicans were eagerly elevating the little-known conservative leader to the seat of U.S. power and ending for now the political chaos in their majority.