US House Speaker Johnson stumps for GOP congressional hopeful Cunningham in Albuquerque

By: Joshua Bowling

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: August 26, 2026

Words: 661

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday told a group of reporters gathered in the back room of Albuquerque’s Rio Bravo Brewing Company that he started his day with a phone call to President Donald Trump, who agreed that Republican congressional challenger Greg Cunningham is “straight out of central casting.”

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Johnson visited New Mexico to stump for Cunningham, a retired Marine and Albuquerque detective who …

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