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Nov 10, 2026

House Republicans elect Jim Jordan as minority leader after midterm losses

House Republicans chose Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio to lead their diminished conference in the next Congress, defeating Steve Scalise in a secret ballot election after the party's historic midterm losses.

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▪Representative Jim Jordan co-founded the far-right House Freedom Caucus in 2015 and previously served as its first chairman
▪Representative Brian Jack of Georgia won the election to succeed Representative Richard Hudson of North Carolina as National Republican Congressional Committee chairman for the 120th Congress
▪House Republican lawmakers cited Representative Steve Scalise's decade in party leadership since 2014 as a major liability following the 2026 midterm election losses

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