Electoral history of Mike Johnson

Johnson in 2024

This is the electoral history of Mike Johnson, who has served as a United States representative from Louisiana since 2017 and speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives since 2023. Johnson previously served in the Louisiana House of Representatives, representing the 8th district from 2015 to 2017. He was re-elected for a full term as house speaker on January 3, 2025.

2015 Louisiana House of Representatives 8th district Special election

2015 Louisiana House of Representatives 8th district election ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Johnson	Unopposed
Total votes			N/A	100.0
	Republican hold

2015 Louisiana House of Representatives 8th district election

2015 Louisiana House of Representatives 8th district election ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Johnson	Unopposed
Total votes			N/A	100.0
	Republican hold

2016 Louisiana's 4th congressional district election

Louisiana's 4th congressional district, 2016 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marshall Jones	80,593	28.2
	Republican	Mike Johnson	70,580	24.7
	Republican	Trey Baucum	50,412	17.6
	Republican	Oliver Jenkins	44,521	15.6
	Republican	Elbert Guillory	21,017	7.4
	Republican	Rick John	13,220	4.6
	Independent	Mark Halverson	3,149	1.1
	Independent	Kenneth Kreft	2,493	0.9
Total votes			285,985	100.0
Runoff election
	Republican	Mike Johnson	87,370	65.2
	Democratic	Marshall Jones	46,579	34.8
Total votes			133,949	100.0
	Republican hold

2018 Louisiana's 4th congressional district election

Louisiana's 4th congressional district, 2018 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Johnson (incumbent)	139,326	64.2
	Democratic	Ryan Trundle	72,934	33.6
	Independent	Mark David Halverson	4,612	2.1
Total votes			216,872	100.0
	Republican hold

2020 Louisiana's 4th congressional district election

Louisiana's 4th congressional district, 2020 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Johnson (incumbent)	185,265	60.4
	Democratic	Kenny Houston	78,157	25.5
	Democratic	Ryan Trundle	23,813	7.8
	Republican	Ben Gibson	19,343	6.3
Total votes			306,578	100.0
	Republican hold

2022 Louisiana's 4th congressional district election

Louisiana's 4th congressional district, 2022 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Johnson (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			N/A	100.0
	Republican hold

October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election

October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election ^[7]

Party		Candidate	District	4th ballot October 25
				Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Johnson	LA4	220	51.3%
	Democratic	Hakeem Jeffries	NY8	209	48.7%
Total votes				429	100%
Absent				4	—
Vacant				2	—
Votes needed to win				215	>50%

2024 Louisiana's 4th congressional district election

Louisiana's 4th congressional district, 2024 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Johnson (incumbent)	262,821	85.8
	Republican	Joshua Morott	43,427	14.2
Total votes			306,248	100.0
	Republican hold

2025 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election

2025 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Johnson LA4 (incumbent)	218	50.23
	Democratic	Hakeem Jeffries ( NY8 )	215	49.54
	Republican	Tom Emmer ( MN6 )	1	0.23
Total votes			434 [a]	100
Votes necessary			218	>50

Notes

1. One seat, that of Florida's 1st congressional district is vacant.

References

1. "Louisiana House of Representatives District 8". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
2. "Louisiana House of Representatives District 8". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
3. "Official Election Results Results for Election Date: 11/8/2016". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
4. "Election Returns". Louisiana Secretary of State. November 6, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
5. "Mike Johnson (Louisiana)". Ballotpedia.
6. U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Clerk (2023). Statistics of the Congressional Election from Official Sources for the Election of November 8, 2022, Showing the Vote Cast for Each Nominee for United States Senator, Representative, Resident Commissioner and Delegate to the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, Together with a Recapitulation Thereof. Washington: U.S. House of Representatives. p. 20. According to Louisiana law, the names of those with no opposition are not printed on the ballot.
7. Mike Hayes; Kaanita Iyer; Elise Hammond (October 25, 2023). "Rep. Mike Johnson voted new House speaker | CNN Politics". CNN. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
8. "Official Election Results Results for Election Date: 11/5/2024". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
9. Brooks, Emily (January 3, 2025). Mike Johnson clinches Speakership in stunning first ballot. MSN . Retrieved January 3, 2025.