House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday that voters had delivered their verdict in the midterm elections, as Republicans prepare to select leaders for a House minority on Tuesday.
Democrats won control of both chambers in the incoming Congress, The Associated Press reported. The party gained at least seven Republican-held Senate seats and more than two dozen House districts, AP said. The new majority applies to the incoming Congress, not the current one.
Johnson told reporters Monday, “The people have spoken,” CBS News reported. He also said there was little more Republicans could have done after the losses, according to CBS.
Johnson has said he will not seek a leadership position in the next Congress. He announced the decision in a Nov. 4 letter to colleagues, as EconoTimes previously reported.
A GOP aide familiar with the planning told CBS News that House Republicans are scheduled to elect their leaders Tuesday, Nov. 10.
