Mike Johnson: “We knew that to keep the House and sustain a majority, we would have to defy more than a century of midterm history.”

The House will work. We will stay here around the clock if necessary.

But our job is nowhere close to being finished yet and the outcome of an election on one night doesn't change a bit that Republicans have much more work to do to give every American a shot at a better life.

I'm sorry that the voters made the wrong choice. I really do believe that this next two years is going to be a bit of a circus.

It's been the honor of my life to serve as the 56th speaker of the House — not a position we ever aspired to or expected to have.