House Speaker Mike Johnson reportedly said Wednesday that he will not run for House minority leader, setting up a battle for the GOP leadership after a rout on Tuesday sent the party to minority status.
🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS -- MIKE JOHNSON will not run for House minority leader.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) November 4, 2026
He just said it on the staff call.
Johnson became speaker of the House after the ouster of Kevin McCarthy and a series of failed attempts to unite the party. He inherited a narrow and fractious Republican majority, but managed to send several key bills to the Senate, though that chamber was less productive.
🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS -- REP. JIM JORDAN will announce this morning that he's running for House minority leader.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) November 4, 2026
The Ohio Republican is the first person in the minority leader race.
JORDAN will make the case that the leadership needs new blood, investigations are his specialty.…
But whoever succeeds Johnson will face an uphill battle to reclaim the majority, as Democrats are set to carve out a substantial majority in the lower chamber when the final results are tallied.
Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.
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