His candidacy appealed to those looking for new leadership in the wake of last week’s election debacle and to those who like his hard-hitting political style.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) defeated House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) on Tuesday to become the next House minority leader. Jordan won the closed-door, secret-ballot election by a vote of 106 to 73, according to CNN’s Manu Raju The victory puts one of President Donald Trump’s…

His candidacy appealed to those looking for new leadership in the wake of last week’s election debacle and to those who like his hard-hitting political style.

"One of the reasons that he did not win the speakership a few years ago was because he was viewed as too combative. There were some Republicans who, frankly, just weren’t comfortable with him." The post BREAKING: Jim Jordan Defeats Scalise to Become New GOP House Leader first appeared on Mediaite.

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House Republicans on Tuesday selected pugnacious brawler, Jim Jordan (R-OH), to be the next House minority leader; Mike Johnson said...

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is moving fast to claim a leadership post in the new House minority after Republicans lost control of the chamber Tuesday. Jordan will announce Wednesday morning that he’s running for House minority leader, Punchbowl News founder Jake Sherman reported. “The Ohio Republican is the first person in…