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It doesn't seem to be mentioned anywhere RocketLauncher2 (talk) 00:25, 6 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

First, the Clerk of the House is a non-partisan position. Even if Johnson's political party was well known, I do not believe the article would be improved by mentioning a political party, but that's up to discussion. Thecocohead (talk) 07:03, 7 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

Are we sure McCarthy and the House Rs are keeping Johnson as Clerk for the coming term?

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"She was most recently elected to serve as Clerk during the 118th United States Congress (since 2023)."

Are we sure Johnson's remaining Clerk of the House for now isn't just temporary. Karen Haas was the Clerk of the House for roughly the 2011-2019 period of Republican control of the House, as well as for the last year and change of the 1995-2007 period of Republican control. Lorraine Miller was the Clerk for roughly the 2007-2011 period of Democratic control. The changeover from Haas to Miller in 2007 didn't happen until February 15, and the changeover from Haas to Johnson (whose tenure as Clerk of the House to present (January 7, 2023) could be said to roughly correlate to the 2019-2023 period of Democratic control of the House) didn't happen until February 26, 2019. That makes me wonder if maybe there's a traditional "holdover period", at least when the person eyed to be the new Clerk of the House hasn't held the job before. The changeover from Lorraine Miller to Karen Haas happened on January 5, 2011 (the day John Boehner was elected Speaker of the House following the Republicans winning control in the 2010 elections), but Haas had held the job for 14 1/2 months ending just four years earlier so maybe no "holdover period" was needed then. Of course, it could be that Cheryl Johnson has indeed been "elected" or confirmed to continue to be the Clerk of the House for the 118th Congress, but I wanted to ask if people were sure about that as it seemed surprising. Kevin Lamoreau (talk) 18:49, 7 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

She was appointed to remain in the position in a resolution early this morning, after McCarthy had been sworn in. Whether that's temporary or not will remain to be seen, but we aren't here to speculate. For now, she is definitely the clerk for the 118th Congress. I would agree that I'm not sure "elected" is the right word though I will change it to "selected" for now. PlanetJuice (talkcontribs) 19:09, 7 January 2023 (UTC)Reply