Jim Jordan, a hardline ally of President Donald Trump, was elected leader of the Republicans in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday, defeating fellow conservative Steve Scalise as the party reckons with a crushing midterm election defeat.\n<\/p>\n
Jordan, the combative chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, beat the current majority leader by 106 votes to 73 in a secret ballot, US media reported, putting him in charge of the party\u2019s opposition to the incoming Democratic majority.\n<\/p>\n
The Ohio congressman will replace House Speaker Mike Johnson, who announced he was stepping down from leadership after Republicans lost control of both chambers of Congress in last week\u2019s elections.\n<\/p>\n
Jordan, a founding member of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus, had pitched himself as the fighter Republicans need to confront Democrats during the final two years of Trump\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n
His victory \u2014 which was celebrated by multiple House colleagues on social media \u2014 represented a rejection of the party\u2019s established leadership, with Scalise having served in senior Republican positions for more than a decade.<\/p>\n
Both men are staunch Trump allies, but the president declined to endorse either candidate.\n<\/p>\n
The contest was a rematch of their 2023 battle for the speakership following the ouster of Kevin McCarthy.<\/p>\n
Scalise initially won the Republican nomination but withdrew after failing to secure sufficient support, while Jordan subsequently lost three votes on the House floor before Johnson emerged as a compromise candidate. <\/p>\n
Jordan, a former champion wrestler who has represented Ohio in Congress since 2007, built his reputation as a political brawler and fierce critic of the Republican establishment.\n<\/p>\n
Former speaker John Boehner once branded him a \u201clegislative terrorist\u201d for his uncompromising tactics.\n<\/p>\n
He also emerged as a leading defender of Trump during congressional investigations into the president\u2019s attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat.\n<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Senate Republicans suspended their own leadership election Tuesday amid demands for a reckoning over their midterm losses and a clearer strategy for confronting the incoming Democratic majority.\n<\/p>\n
Senate Majority Leader John Thune had been expected to win another term unopposed, but conservative lawmakers demanded more time to discuss the party\u2019s direction.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have 55 days until the Democrats take over,\u201d Republican Senator Rick Scott told reporters, according to The Hill.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to know what we\u2019re going to do between now and then to get stuff done.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
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