US House Republicans choose Jim Jordan as their next party leader
Republicans in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday elected Jim Jordan to be the party’s leader in the next Congress, choosing a new face after the worst midterm electoral drubbing in half a century. Mr Jordan defeated current House majority leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana for the role in a 106-73 secret ballot after saying his opponent was too closely associated with the failed midterm…
On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives elected Jim Jordan to lead the Republican Party for the upcoming Congress. The choice came as the party suffered its worst midterm electoral defeat in half a century. Jordan defeated current House majority leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana in a secret ballot vote, 106-73. Scalise was criticized for being too closely linked with the failed midterm effort.
Jordan's primary task will be to regain control of the House for Republicans. This will involve preventing any of President Donald Trump's promised vetoes of Democratic bills from being overridden by Republican defections. Jordan was the first leader of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus, a voting bloc that pushed the party further right using aggressive tactics.
Jordan, 62, was first elected in 2006 to represent a conservative rural district in northern Ohio. He once faced accusations of sexual abuse of college wrestlers while serving as an assistant coach, which he denied. Despite being called a "legislative terrorist" by former House speaker John Boehner, Jordan remains a prominent figure in the Republican Party.
Written by urgent.news from The National Business's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
This story
This is one outlet's version. Read the fullest account.
- US House Republicans choose Jim Jordan as their next party leader thenationalnews.com
- House GOP elects Jim Jordan as next leader in major shakeup cbsnews.com
- Jim Jordan elected minority leader by House GOP thehill.com
- House Republicans pick Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan to lead them in the minority pbs.org
- House Republicans elect Jim Jordan as their minority leader for the next Congress abcnews.com
- US House Republicans elect Jim Jordan as new minority leader hindustantimes.com
- Republicans elect Trump ally Jim Jordan as new US House minority leader aljazeera.com
