NY GOP Mull House Speaker’s Influence on 2024 Elections

‘We feel good about the structural composition of the political environment moving into 2024,’ says one Congressional District candidate.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks during a news conference after a weekly Republican conference meeting in the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Nov. 14, 2023. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

When former New York Republican Congressman John Faso was competing for office in 2018, former Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), who was Speaker of the House at the time, helped him campaign.

“He was a guest at a fundraiser that drew a bigger crowd than I would have otherwise,” Mr. Faso told The Epoch Times. “It’s not like you’re doing public events with the House Speaker. You’re mostly focused on fundraising. That’s where the speaker can be most effective.”