Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio elected new leader of bruised House GOP
House Republicans returned to Capitol Hill from a midterm wipeout and, on Tuesday, elected as their new leader Rep. Jim Jordan, a Freedom Caucus founder and reformed political bomb-thrower who is now charged with marshalling the chamber's smallest GOP minority since the 1990s.
TL;DR
- Rep. Jim Jordan has been elected as the new leader of House Republicans.
- This election follows a significant loss for the GOP in the midterm elections.
- Jordan is a founder of the Freedom Caucus.
- He is tasked with leading the smallest House Republican minority in decades.