the total number of votes cast is 434 of which The Honorable Mike Johnson of the state of Louisiana has received 218 Mike Johnson has won the speaker gaple again but not without some difficulty president-elect Trump supported Johnson and ultimately helped push the final tally over the Finish Line Johnson needed 218 votes a majority of the house he initially fell short of that threshold by three but the vote was kept open meaning lawmakers did not advance to a second ballot while Johnson held last minute talks with two holdout Republicans Ralph Norman of South Carolina and Keith self of Texas Bloomberg News is reporting that president-elect Trump boned in during these discussions which ultimately ended with those two Republicans flipping their votes in favor of Johnson Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky was the only Republican who did not vote for Johnson all 215 Democrats lined up behind Democratic leader Hakim Jeff of new York Republicans have a very slim majority in the house and today could be indicative of what’s to come for now though president-elect Trump congratulated Mike Johnson during a post on Tru social and Republicans are looking ahead to later this month when on January 6 Congress will count and then certify the 2024 presidential election results and then on January 20th when president-elect Trump will be sworn in during his inauguration