EXCLUSIVE : AUBURN, Maine — House Speaker Mike Johnson decisively insisted Republicans will buck long-standing, cyclical election trends and hold their congressional majority in November’s midterms.

“I’m absolutely convinced we’re going to defy the historic trend and keep and grow the House majority for Republicans,” the five-term GOP lawmaker from Louisiana said in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital this week as he stopped in a crucial House district the GOP aims to flip.

The party in power in Washington, D.C., traditionally faces political headwinds in the midterms and loses congressional seats. This year, that could be the…

Read the full article at FOXNEWS.COM