{"id":2608276,"date":"2026-05-29T13:46:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T17:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnsons-chief-of-staff-to-leave-the-speakers-office\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T13:46:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T17:46:23","slug":"mike-johnsons-chief-of-staff-to-leave-the-speakers-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnsons-chief-of-staff-to-leave-the-speakers-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Johnson&#8217;s chief of staff to leave the speaker&#8217;s office"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmike-johnsons-chief-of-staff-to-leave-the-speakers-office%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2608276&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Speaker mike <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-govt-lockdown-to-last-12-months-expect-repeated-vaccinations\/\" title=\"UK Govt: Lockdown to Last 12+ Months, Expect Repeated Vaccinations\">johnson<\/a>\u2019s (R-LA) chief of staff, Hayden Haynes, is expected to leave his staff next month after roughly a decade with johnson, including the entire period since Johnson became Speaker in 2017. Haynes previously served as Johnson\u2019s campaign manager and later as chief of staff, and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-may-be-headed-to-criminal-trial-special-counsel-says\/\" title=\"Special Counsel Indicates Potential Criminal Trial for Hunter Biden.\">background includes work<\/a> for former Louisiana Sen. David Vitter. He will be replaced by Garrett Fultz,Johnson\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >deputy chief<\/a> of staff.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\">Speaker Mike Johnson\u2019s <\/a>(R-LA) chief of staff is headed for the exit after a decade of working with the top <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\/\">House Republican<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A source familiar with the matter confirmed to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that Hayden Haynes will depart Johnson\u2019s staff next month. Haynes has been with Johnson for his entire speakership thus far, while House GOP leadership navigated the slimmest margin in House history.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4587220\/cornyn-philosophy-tale-after-loss-paxton\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Sting in the tale: Cornyn gets philosophical after blowout loss to Paxton<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4587052\/lauren-boebert-brushes-off-trump-attack-dumb\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Lauren Boebert brushes off Trump\u2019s attacks calling her \u2018dumb\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4587094\/james-talarico-backtrack-past-comments-byron-york\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Talarico tries to backtrack past comments: Byron York<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legistorm.com\/person\/bio\/220522\/Jeffrey_Hayden_Haynes.html\">Legistorm<\/a>, Hayes started as Johnson\u2019s campaign manager in 2016, where he later became his chief of staff in 2017. Johnson took office on Jan. 3, 2017, and went on to become <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">speaker<\/a> after former Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted in 2023.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4586092\/texas-clout-congress-retirements-primary-losses\/\">TEXAS TO LOSE CLOUT IN CONGRESS NEXT YEAR AFTER RETIREMENTS AND PRIMARY LOSSES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Haynes went to Louisiana Tech University and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-appointed-judge-delays-sentencing-for-kevin-clinesmith-until-after-inauguration-day\/\" title=\"Obama-Appointed Judge Delays Sentencing For Kevin Clinesmith Until After Inauguration Day\">previously worked<\/a> for former Louisiana GOP Sen. David Vitter, where he began as an intern and rose to regional representative before going to work for Johnson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Haynes will be replaced by Johnson\u2019s deputy chief of staff, Garrett Fultz.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief of staff Hayden Haynes to leave Mike Johnson staff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3691,"featured_media":2608277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26133016509537.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[8858,80458,34218,32603,80457],"class_list":["post-2608276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-chief-of-staff","tag-government-staffing","tag-mike-johnson","tag-political-news","tag-speakers-office"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26133016509537.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2608276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3691"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2608276"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2608276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2608280,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2608276\/revisions\/2608280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2608277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2608276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2608276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2608276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}