House Republicans have elected Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) to serve as the next House GOP leader in January.
Jordan, who previously ran for House Speaker in 2023 after Kevin McCarthy was ousted by a Motion to Vacate, faced current Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) for the role of House Minority Leader.
He reportedly won the secret ballot vote by a margin of 106-73.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) did not seek the role of House Minority Leader after serving three years as Speaker.
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Sources inside the room for their Tuesday morning leadership forum said Scalise and Jordan both pitched themselves as the best person to unify the conference, but also signaled they would give a wide berth for lawmakers to “vote their districts,” as one person put it.
The question-and-answer session for House Republicans before electing their leader was largely cordial, Fox News Digital was told. Several people inquired about how both prospective leaders would unify the conference after their midterm losses and how they would handle leaks to journalists, Fox News Digital was told.
Jordan himself told Fox News Digital he believed the forum went well but declined to go further, stating he does not divulge details of closed-door meetings.
The voting body consisted of incumbent House Republicans and GOP members-elect who are projected to win their races from last week’s midterms. Votes were cast via secret ballot, meaning none of those in the room had to reveal who they chose.
Senate Republicans still have not elected a leader amid divisions in the caucus over whether the vote should be delayed to allow more time to process the midterm losses.
RINO John Thune and allies are seeking to ram a vote through so that he can remain in GOP leadership.
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