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Early life and education. Johnson was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, the oldest of four children to Jeanne Johnson and James Patrick "Pat" Johnson (who died in 2016). He has said that he is the product of an unplanned pregnancy and that his parents were teenagers when he was born. They later divorced.
Oct 25, 2023 · Serving his fourth term in Congress, Republican Rep. Mike Johnson has supported banning instruction about gender identity and sexuality for children under age 10, prohibiting transgender girls...
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- “All I ever aspired to be was a fireman,” Johnson once said.
- His father was a firefighter in Shreveport and suffered burns over 80 percent of his body in 1984 in an explosion that killed a fire captain. Johnson was 12.
- “I saw an actual miracle of my father surviving when they said that he shouldn’t,” he has said. “It made me a person of very deep faith.”
- He was elected in 2015 unopposed in a special election to the Louisiana House of Representatives, serving parts of two incomplete terms.
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Oct 26, 2023 · Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana was elected to be the next speaker of the House on Wednesday. He's a staunch social conservative who introduced a bill similar to Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law....
Oct 25, 2023 · Last year, Mr. Johnson introduced a bill that prohibited the use of federal funds for providing education to children under 10 that included L.G.B.T.Q. topics — a proposal that critics called a...
Oct 26, 2023 · After weeks of uncertainty, House Republicans elected Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson, a conservative Christian who opposes abortion rights and same-sex marriages, to become House speaker.
Nov 8, 2022 · Mike Johnson ( Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Louisiana's 4th Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2017. His current term ends on January 3, 2025. Johnson ( Republican Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Louisiana's 4th Congressional District.
