Jim Jordan elected minority leader by House GOP
The Hill reports that House Republicans elected Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio as minority leader on 10 November 2026, defeating Rep. Steve Scalise 106-73 in a closed-door vote a week after heavy midterm losses that lawmakers blamed on party leadership. A Freedom Caucus co-founder who has since toed the party line, Jordan is cast by the writers as the first line of defense for President Trump against Democrats' promised investigations.
