House Speaker Mike Johnson has opted against seeking to remain GOP leader in the minority, setting off a battle between Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio.) have been working the phone lines and courting freshman lawmakers as they jockey to lead the House GOP now that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is stepping aside.
Jim Jordan emerged as the apparent frontrunner in the contest to lead House Republicans after their midterm losses, with allies claiming he had more than 100 votes—a count disputed by Steve Scalise’s team.
House Republicans will decide who will lead them in the 120th Congress on Tuesday, picking between Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) for minority leader.
After sweeping losses in the midterm elections, the House GOP will vote on Tuesday to elect a successor to Mike Johnson, who says he's stepping down as the chamber's top Republican.
House Republicans are moving to select their next leader after a brutal drubbing at the polls. They're gathering Tuesday morning and are expected to vote in the afternoon. The two candidates are current House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan of O…
Rep. Jim Jordan has been elected the next House Republican leader. Jordan of Ohio on Tuesday defeated Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana in a secret ballot election of Republicans who will serve in the next Congress.
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, center, arrives for a House Republican leadership candidate forum for the 120th Congress in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday, with Rep. Celeste Maloy, R-Utah, walking alongside him.
House Republicans elected Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Tuesday to lead their diminished conference in the next Congress, marking an extraordinary leap for a conservative icon who made his name on Capitol Hill antagonizing party leaders. Jordan defeated Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.
House Republicans elected hardline Ohio Representative Jim Jordan to be the party’s leader in the next Congress, choosing a new face to lead it in the wake of the worst midterm electoral drubbing in half a century.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) will lead House Republicans for the final two years of the Trump administration. Jordan beat Majority Leader Steve Scalise in a secret-ballot vote for minority leader Tuesday to lead the GOP conference in the 120th Congress following Republicans’ steep 2026 midterm losses.
House Republicans elected Republican Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan Tuesday to become the new party’s leader after Speaker Mike Johnson stepped aside. Jordan ran against House Majority Leader […]
House Republicans elected Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) as their new leader Tuesday, handing the reins of the battered GOP conference to one of its most prominent conservative firebrands. Why it matters: Jordan's victory marks a major shake-up in House Republican leadership, elevating a foundi…
Jordan (R-Ohio) beat out House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) for the role after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced he wasn't seeking the minority leader position in the next Congress.
By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans are still reeling after the midterm elections decimated their ranks and set off a fight for the party’s future. Now, Jim Jordan, a pro-Trump, hardline conservative, will lead the party in the minority next year.
WASHINGTON (WCMH) -- Ohioan Jim Jordan was elected House minority leader Tuesday after a secret ballot vote among fellow Congressional Republicans. In a closed-door election, Jordan won his bid for minority leader, making him the highest-ranking House Republican in the incoming Congress.
House Republicans on Tuesday elected Jim Jordan as their minority leader for the next Congress, beating Majority Leader Steve Scalise, according to multiple sources.
Jordan’s win puts him at the center of Washington for the next two years as House Republicans pick up the pieces following last week’s crushing election losses.
House Republicans elected Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio as their new minority leader on Tuesday. Jordan, who has served as a representative for Ohio’s 4th district since 2007, won the secret ballot vote 106-73, two people present for the tally told Politico .
