House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) hinted that he may leave politics if Republicans lose the House majority in the midterm elections.

“Heaven forbid, if we lose this majority or whatever, ​I don’t know what my next chapter of life is,” Johnson told Fox News.

“If God moves on our hearts and says we should, you know, go back to my hometown of Shreveport and start a lawn business, I’ll do that with equal fervor. I mean, I just want to be of my highest and best use to God and to my country,” he added.

Reuters has more:

His comments come as US voters are already heading to the polls in a number of states to vote early ahead of the November 3 election day, with rising prices and the Iran war looming large as Americans weigh Republicans’ grip on Congress and fellow Republican Donald Trump in the ‌White House.

Reuters/Ipsos polling shows 44% of registered voters saying ​they would vote for Democrats while 37% say they ​would vote for Republicans and 13% ​undecided. Nearly two-thirds of US adults nationwide, or 65%, said they disapprove ‌of Trump’s term since taking office for ​a second time in ​January 2025, compared to 32% who said they approve.

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Johnson said he was not to blame if Republicans lose their legislative majority, telling Fox: “If we lose the House, it ​will be because the ‌people were misled.”

“I’m traveling nonstop,” added Johnson, who scheduled the House to be in ​recess until after the election. Trump has also begun campaign-trail rallies.

The Silver Bulletin’s FLIPR 2026 midterm election forecast gives Democrats a 92.9 percent chance of winning the House.

Meanwhile, the forecast projected Democrats to have a 73.9 percent chance of winning the Senate.

Newsweek shared further:

The forecasted odds have also improved for the party in the Senate since mid-September, when Newsweek reported the Democrats’ chances of winning control at 58.6 percent.

While President Donald Trump is not on the ballot, midterm elections are often viewed as a referendum on the sitting president and his party, which historically tends to lose ground in Congress.

Trump previously urged supporters to “pretend that I’m on the ballot” as the Republican Party seeks to protect its House and Senate majorities.

The Silver Bulletin’s forecast also suggests that the Democratic Party is, on average, likely to pick up five Senate seats in November based on its simulations.

Based on Silver Bulletin’s race-by-race forecasts, Republican-held seats in North Carolina, Texas, Ohio, Maine and Alaska appear the most likely to be in play.

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