Jim Jordan elected minority leader by House GOP

House Republicans elected Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Tuesday to lead their diminished conference in the next Congress, marking an extraordinary leap for a conservative icon who made his name on Capitol Hill antagonizing party leaders. Jordan defeated Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), the outgoing House majority leader, in a closed-door election in the bowels of...

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