Rep. Mike Johnson secured the speaker's gavel without losing any GOP votes Wednesday after weeks of party infighting left the House in chaos.

The Louisiana lawmaker has been a vocal supporter of former President Donald rump and was a key congressional figure in the failed efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

There were 220 votes for Johnson and 209 votes for Democrat Hakeem Jeffries. There was unanimous GOP support behind Johnson. One Republican – Rep. Derrick Van Orden – was absent from the vote.

House Republicans faced intensifying pressure to elect a new speaker after former Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted more than three weeks ago.

The House has remained effectively frozen since then — a dire situation as Congress faces a November funding deadline and as crisis unfolds abroad in Ukraine and with Israel’s war against Hamas.