Republicans elect Jim Jordan as House minority leader after midterm defeats
What happened
House Republicans elected Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan as their minority leader on Tuesday, putting a staunch ally of President Donald Trump in charge after last week's midterm losses.
Jordan beat current House majority leader Steve Scalise in a 106-73 vote, according to sources cited by CNBC.
Speaker Mike Johnson, who announced the day after the election that he would not seek the post, called Jordan a mentor and said he would do an extraordinary job.
Jordan will lead the party's response to the investigations into Trump's administration that Democrats have promised, as well as their legislative agenda.
He was briefly a candidate for speaker in 2023 after Kevin McCarthy was removed, but the bid collapsed for lack of support.
Senate Republicans also kept John Thune as their leader.
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