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Mike Johnson: “From the first day of this election, we knew that to keep the House and sustain our majority we would have to defy more…”

On the recordNovember 5, 2026
From the first day of this election, we knew that to keep the House and sustain our majority we would have to defy more than a century of midterm history.
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Mike Johnson
Republican · Louisiana
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Discussing Republican losses in the midterm elections.

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