The Speaker could lead a conservative overhaul of the government. Or find himself in the political wilderness.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has served in the post for little over a year, but his tenure has been marked with few legislative accomplishments and a series of splits within his conference that stymied his party’s agenda.

The race has been called. Mike Johnson, a 52-year-old Republican, was first elected to the U.S. House in 2016 and became the lower chamber’s leader in October 2023.