U.S. Republican Congressman Mike Johnson is elected Speaker of the House of Representatives

On the 25th local time, Mike Johnson, a Republican congressman from Louisiana, received 220 votes in the election of Speaker of the House of Representatives and was elected as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Democratic candidate Hakeem Jeffries received 209 votes.
Johnson is currently the vice chairman of the House of Representatives Republican Conference and was selected as the Republican candidate for speaker on the evening of the 24th.