House Republicans on Tuesday elected Rep. Jim Jordan as minority leader for the next Congress, in which the party’s ranks will be severely diminished after last week’s midterm elections.
The Ohio Republican defeated a longtime rival, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana), in a competitive race for the job. The two have been jockeying for leadership positions for more than a decade, and both unsuccessfully tried to become speaker in 2023.
Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, promised colleagues that he would mount an aggressive defense against the many investigations House Democrats have said they will launch into President Donald Trump, his family and his administration after the next Congress is sworn in in January.
Senate Republicans are set to decide Tuesday on whether to vote on electing Sen. John Thune (South Dakota) to another term as their leader or delay the election, after the party lost control of the chamber in the midterms.
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