House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is feeling pretty good about his job security. Why it matters: As the election results rolled in Tuesday night, Johnson — who was once widely viewed as a placeholder leader — told Axios he's confident House Republicans will keep their majority and tap him to stay on as speaker.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson joined President-elect Donald Trump's victory party early Wednesday morning, jetting from his own election night event in Shreveport to make it to Florida in the nick of time. Johnson's spokesman said in a text to USA Today Network the speaker made it to Palm Beach "with no time to spare."