New House Speaker 2025. The 2025 speaker of the united states house of representatives election will take place on january 3, 2025, on the opening day of the 119th united states congress, two months after the 2024 elections for the united states house of representatives. The new law makes clear that a vice president’s role in counting electoral votes is “solely ministerial,” with no power to reject electors.

Donald trump and mike johnson are talking at length about plans for next year, a strong sign that the former president sees the speaker as more than an interim caretaker. The speaker of the house, who presides over sessions of the chamber and is second in the line of presidential succession, is elected on the first day the new congress convenes.