GOP Taps Combative Jordan as Next House Minority Leader
Jordan won a secret-ballot race and will lead House Republicans as they prepare for a Democratic majority and expected investigations into Trump.
- On Tuesday, House Republicans elected Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio as minority leader in a closed-door secret-ballot vote, defeating House Majority Leader Steve Scalise 106–73. Jordan will assume the role when the 120th Congress convenes in January.
- Following heavy midterm losses in which Democrats flipped at least 44 seats, outgoing House Speaker Mike Johnson announced he would not seek another leadership post. This opened a direct path for the 62-year-old firebrand to lead the diminished conference.
- Jordan campaigned as a 'battle-tested' leader ready for aggressive oversight, contrasting sharply with Scalise's pitch emphasizing legislative experience and $67.9 million in midterm fundraising. The conference chose confrontation over continuity, signaling a shift in strategy.
- Republicans also re-elected Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota as minority whip, defeating Rep. August Pfluger 103–36. The conference will hold additional elections for conference chair and other positions to complete its leadership team.
- Jordan faces the challenge of uniting a historically small Republican conference while countering Democratic investigations of the Trump administration. He must position the party to reclaim nearly 50 lost seats by 2028, balancing aggressive oversight with appeals to swing voters.
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The U.S. Republican Party, having suffered a crushing defeat in the midterm elections, has elected a pro-Trump hardline conservative as its next House Majority Leader. U.S. media reported that the Republican Party held a closed-door meeting of House members on the 10th and elected Representative Jim Jordan as the next leader. Representative Jordan received 106 votes in favor and 73 against. House Judiciary
Trump's close ally prevailed over Steve Scalise, signaling the party's shift to more confrontational politics
Jim Jordan "will fight the communist and anti-American agenda of the Democrats at every step," was the comment of a congressman about the new leader of the Republicans in the US House. The post USA: Ultraconservative Jim Jordan elected leader of the Republicans in the House of Representatives appeared first on in.gr.
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Rep. Jordan, Sen. Thune wins votes to lead GOP minority after midterms blowout
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, decisively won a closed-door vote to lead the Republican minority in the House of Representatives while Sen. John Thune was r-elected to lead the GOP caucus in the next Congress after the party suffered sweeping losses…
The leader of Ohio, figure of the right wing of the party, promises to harden the Republican line in the House, after the defeat of Camp Trump in the mid-term elections.
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Northwest NewsradioHouse Republicans elect Jim Jordan as minority leader for the next Congress
U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) arrives at a House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 10, 2026, in Washington, D.C. House Republicans have elected Jordan to their next leader for the Conference for the
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