💨 Abstract

Republican Congressman Mike Johnson was re-elected as Speaker of the US House of Representatives on January 4, 2023, with a narrow margin of three votes against Hakeem Jeffries of the Democratic Party. Johnson, representing Louisiana, received 218 votes while Jeffries got 215. The Republican Party has a slim majority of 219 seats against Democrats' 215, the smallest in nearly a century.

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