RepublicanMike Johnson
U.S. Representative · Louisiana
Louisiana's 4th district
U.S. Representative from Louisiana
4 tracked promises, 4 rated
Running against
How they won their seat
Mike Johnson won the 2024 U.S. House election in Louisiana (District 4) with 85.8% of the vote (262,821 votes).
- Mike Johnson · Republican85.8%262,821
- Joshua Morott · Republican14.2%43,427
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
The record indicates a concentration on issues related to border security, legislation related to abortion, and accountability in government. Sponsored bills include the 'Securing Our Borders and Wilderness Act' (HR 4872), the 'Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act' (HR 792), and the 'Leaker Accountability Act' (HR 424). Additionally, there is a pattern of expressing support for facilities related to abortion and opposition to attacks against them through resolutions such as HCONRES 3 and HRES 1233. Focus areas (from the record): Border Security · Legislation Related to Abortion · Government Accountability · Education · Judicial Oversight Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. The absence of declared positions or tracked promises limits the ability to assess alignment with inferred activity patterns. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal the effectiveness of the sponsored bills; There is no information on the politician's declared positions or promises to assess alignment; The record does not indicate the politician's engagement in committees or other legislative activities. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Mike Johnson has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2023–2025 term. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What Mike Johnson has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score.
- Votes cast
- 4
- Voted yea
- 3
- Voted nay
- 1
- Bills sponsored
- 18
Roll-call data last updated July 20, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Monthly voting activity
- Yea
- Nay
- Total
Roll-call votes per month — most recent on file. Source: Voteview.
Vote attendance
Share of roll calls participated in — most recent votes on file. Source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Independence
How often they break with their party’s majority — neither good nor bad, just the record.
Most recent roll-call votes on file. Source: Voteview.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$31K3%
- Large individual (itemized)$697K57%
- PAC / committee$489K40%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Integrity
Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown+37 · based on 4 rated promises
- Misaligned 1
- Attempted 1
- Championed 1
- Fully Kept 1
Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.
Integrity over time
In office since Jan 2019 · 4 rated promisesEach step is a real change in the sourced record — the score holds between assessments.
Promise status over time
How the tracked promise record has evolved.
- Kept3
- Against1
- No opportunity0
- In progress0
Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.
Topic coverage
4 promises across 4 topicsWhat this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.
- education/social1
- fiscal/debt1
- immigration/border1
- taxes1
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)4100%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
4 tracked promises
“I will make the 2017 Trump tax cuts permanent.”
“As Speaker, I will immediately establish a bipartisan debt commission to bring federal spending under control and balance the budget.”
“I will secure America's southern border and pass H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, and will not send additional foreign aid before securing our own border.”
“I will pass the Stop the Sexualization of Children Act to prohibit the use of federal funds for any sexually-oriented program, event, or literature for young children.”
Verified record
71 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $17,548,950, spent $8,475,258, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HRES 719: Honoring the life and legacy of Charles Charlie James Kirk. ↗Sep 16, 2025
- Sponsored HR 10: Reserved for the Speaker. ↗Jan 3, 2025
- Sponsored HR 5: Reserved for the Speaker. ↗Jan 3, 2025
- Sponsored HR 8: Reserved for the Speaker. ↗Jan 3, 2025
- Sponsored HR 6: Reserved for the Speaker. ↗Jan 3, 2025
- Sponsored HR 2: Reserved for the Speaker. ↗Jan 3, 2025
- Sponsored HR 3: Reserved for the Speaker. ↗Jan 3, 2025
- Sponsored HR 9: Reserved for the Speaker. ↗Jan 3, 2025
- Sponsored HRES 1126: Authorizing video recording in the House Chamber during a joint meeting of Congress for certain educational purposes. ↗Apr 10, 2024
- Sponsored HR 5488: Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023 ↗Sep 14, 2023
- Sponsored HR 4872: Securing Our Borders and Wilderness Act ↗Jul 25, 2023
- Sponsored HR 4491: Solving an Overlooked Loophole in Votes for Executives (SOLVE) Act ↗Jul 6, 2023
Showing the 12 most recent of 71 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 476
- Yea
- 372
- Nay
- 104
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 0
Full voting record
476 votes- HR9237Nay
- HR5362Yea
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR1181Yea
- HR1181Nay
- HR139Yea
- HRES1423Yea
- HRES1423Yea
- HRES1399Yea
- HCONRES108Nay
- HRES1398Yea
- HRES1398Yea
- HR7128Yea
- HR7757Yea
- HR915Yea
- HR7401Yea
- HR6644Yea
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Stated positions
4 positions on recordWhat this official says they believe — sourced claims, shown distinctly from tracked promises and from any assessment of what they did. A stated position is never scored and never affects the Integrity Score.
- taxesStated position
I will make the 2017 Trump tax cuts permanent.
Sourceshttps://mikejohnson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1601https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/07/01/speaker-mike-johnson-vows-to-pass-big-beautiful-bill-by-independence-day-n2659774https://www.newsweek.com/mike-johnson-tax-hike-millionaires-trump-agenda-2059355View position & sources → - immigration/borderStated position
I will secure America's southern border and pass H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, and will not send additional foreign aid before securing our own border.
Sourceshttps://mikejohnson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2676https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2/summary/00https://www.speaker.gov/category/securing-our-border/View position & sources → - fiscal/debtStated position
As Speaker, I will immediately establish a bipartisan debt commission to bring federal spending under control and balance the budget.
Sourceshttps://reason.com/2023/10/27/new-speaker-mike-johnsons-first-good-idea-a-debt-commission/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/speaker-johnson-debt-commission-debt-fiscal-shiphttps://mikejohnson.house.gov/issues/issue/?IssueID=14899View position & sources → - education/socialStated position
I will pass the Stop the Sexualization of Children Act to prohibit the use of federal funds for any sexually-oriented program, event, or literature for young children.
Sourceshttps://mikejohnson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1206https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_the_Sexualization_of_Children_Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7661View position & sources →
Disclosure
A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.
No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.
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