# Mike Johnson

Mike Johnson is a Republican member of the Louisiana House for district 27.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 27
- Serving since: 2020-01-13
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0e901294-3718-49df-9922-0ac4503acee2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0e901294-3718-49df-9922-0ac4503acee2 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

11% of Johnson’s statements use an extreme label, 7.9 times the State House Republican average of 1.4%.

## What Johnson says (LA 2025–26 session)

1,311 classified statements: 1,311 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Johnson | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 3.0% | 2.9% | 228 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 19.4% | 9.3% | 113 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 64.6% | 31.9% | 32 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 4.0% | 1.8% | 99 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 37.3% | 12.7% | 28 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 11.4% | 1.4% | 8 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Immigration 27% (State House Republicans 4.7%); Government Operations and Politics 26% (State House Republicans 18%); Economics and Public Finance 25% (State House Republicans 12%); Taxation 19% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Armed Forces and National Security 19% (State House Republicans 4.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.41 (standard error 0.01), from 128 donors and 1,111 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 59% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 92.4% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 95.8% (89%). 55 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-01 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1848) · SB 237 CHILDREN: Provides relative to child welfare. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB237/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1650) · SB 132 SCHOOLS: Provides that each public school board is to install exterior master key boxes to allow for rapid entry, response, and rescue by law… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB132/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1647) · SB 228 LOCAL FINANCE: Constitutional amendment to allow for the use of public funds to replace drinking water utility service lines located on private… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB228/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1634) · SB 202 ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT: Provides for the increase of parish board of election supervisor meetings in certain parishes for certain races. (8/1/26) (EN… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB202/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1644) · SB 513 PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides for public works project delivery methods. (8/1/26) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB513/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1651) · SB 25 REGISTRARS OF VOTERS: Adjusts compensation schedule for Registrar of Voters. (7/1/26) (EN +$496,168 GF EX See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB25/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1762) · SB 80 COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS: Provides for the regulation of certain broadband services. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB80/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1645) · SB 268 LOCAL FINANCE: Provides for lead service line replacement. (8/1/26) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB268/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1638) · SB 406 TAX/LOCAL: Authorizes the city of Slidell to levy a hotel occupancy tax. (gov sig) (EN +$590,000 LF RV See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB406/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1641) · SB 433 MEDICAID: Provides for Medicaid coverage of certain medications. (1/1/27) (EN +$3,000,000 GF EX See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB433/

## Legislation (LA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 43 bills: 30 reached committee, 19 passed one chamber, 15 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 126. 44.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 64 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 365: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Louisiana Christian University on the occasion of its one hundred twentieth anniversary and recognizes its legacy of academic… (introduced, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR365/
- HR 265: COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Pineville High School Lady Rebels softball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2026 Class 5A state… (introduced, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR265/
- HCR 11: MILITARY AFFAIRS: Expresses support for the continued operations of the Louisiana National Guard at Camp Beauregard in Pineville and commends the… (passed both chambers, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR11/
- HR 185: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Dr. Paul Coreil on the occasion of his retirement as chancellor of Louisiana State University at Alexandria (introduced, 2026-04-24) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR185/
- HR 99: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Melissa Frost and David Atwood on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of The Melissa & David Show on KRRV-FM in Alexandria (introduced, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR99/
- HB 1140: TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Provides relative to regulating telecommunications (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1140/
- HB 1013: APPROPRIATIONS/JUDGMENT: Appropriates funding for the consent judgment against the state in the suit captioned Anthony Murray v. State of La., through the… (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1013/
- HR 63: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Dr. Mark Johnson on his inauguration as president of Louisiana Christian University and commemorates 120 years of the university's… (introduced, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR63/
- HR 43: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Bishop Lonnie Weidner for his faithful ministry and leadership at the Church of Pentecost in Ball, Louisiana (introduced, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR43/
- HR 45: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Pastor Aaron "AJ" Holloway on his installation as lead pastor of the Church of Pentecost in Ball, Louisiana (introduced, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR45/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $31.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/2114731867136032774
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/2114837841863676017
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/2114373463138078937
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/2114394323139596695
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/2114013308344791542
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/2113427703948775714
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/2113637398965797007
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/2113652330503520435
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/2113698374948106449
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/2113273661532873140

## Links

- Official site: https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=21
- Campaign site: https://www.ctravisjohnson.com/
- X: https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CTravisJohnsonD21
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ctravisjohnson
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/c-travis-johnson-1b8119a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0e901294-3718-49df-9922-0ac4503acee2