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Mike Johnson

Speaker of the House, R-LA60%credibility0 / 0 / 0

Why this score Speaker and leader of the House Republican conference; a principal with a direct stake in the House outcome, so his claims about it are interested. Same provisional baseline as the opposing party leader, for even-handedness.

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But what I believe is, I’m going to be the speaker of the House for at least two more years.

The Speaker, to CBS News; he called losing the majority “the unlikely scenario”. Read as a claim that he is elected Speaker of the next Congress, which requires a Republican majority; the full two years cannot be checked until 2029.

us midterms 2026/house·source ↗