# House Republicans Select Jim Jordan as Their New Leader After Sweeping Midterm Losses > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/143354 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 15 outlets covering · First listed: Time, Nov 10, 2026, 1:49 PM · Read it: Jordan beat out Majority Leader Steve Scalise for the top House GOP position in the next Congress after Speaker Mike Johnson said he would not seek the role. ## Who's covering it In the order they published: - Nov 10, 2026, 4:00 AM: [House Republicans elect Rep. Jim Jordan as their next leader following election losses]() — NBC News (TV network, United States) Jim Jordan was elected House Republican leader over Steve Scalise, while John Thune will remain Senate Republican leader, despite a conservative push to delay. - Nov 10, 2026, 1:22 PM: [Jim Jordan elected minority leader by House GOP]() — The Hill (Newspaper, United States) 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… - Nov 10, 2026, 1:24 PM: [Jim Jordan wins House GOP minority leader race]() — Axios (Digital news, United States) - Nov 10, 2026, 1:26 PM: [Rep. Jim Jordan elected next House Republican leader after midterms blowout]() — NY Post (Newspaper, United States) Jordan (R-Ohio) beat out House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) for the role after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced he wasn't seeking the minority leader position in the next Congress. - Nov 10, 2026, 1:34 PM: [House Republicans elect Jim Jordan to serve as minority leader next year]() — Washington Post (Newspaper, United States) Senate Republicans opted to stick with John Thune (South Dakota), who will become minority leader rather than majority leader in January. - Nov 10, 2026, 1:36 PM: [House Republicans elect Jim Jordan as minority leader for the next Congress]() — ABC News (TV network, United States) House Republicans on Tuesday elected Jim Jordan as minority leader for the next Congress, beating Majority Leader Steve Scalise, according to multiple sources. - Nov 10, 2026, 1:40 PM: [Republicans elect Jim Jordan as House minority leader after midterm defeats]() — Guardian (Newspaper, United Kingdom) As Democrats prepare to take control of Congress, Republicans pick Jordan for last two years of Trump’s presidencyUS politics – live updatesRepublican lawmakers have elected Jim Jordan, veteran congressman and Trump loyalist, as their leader in the House of Representatives following resounding losses in last week’s US midterm elections.As Democrats prepare to take control of both chambers of US Congress in January, Republicans backed Jordan to lead them in the House for the last two years of Donald Trump’s presidency. - Nov 10, 2026, 1:44 PM: [Republicans Choose Their Next Leaders]() — Daily Signal (Digital news, United States) Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio will be the next House minority leader after a conference-wide election Tuesday afternoon. Jordan beat Rep. Steve Scalise, the current House majority leader, 106-73, according to multiple reports. The two announced their candidacies last week in competing “Dear Colleague” letters after Speaker Mike Johnson decided against running for the... - Nov 10, 2026, 1:49 PM: [House Republicans Select Jim Jordan as Their New Leader After Sweeping Midterm Losses]() — Time (Magazine, United States) Jordan beat out Majority Leader Steve Scalise for the top House GOP position in the next Congress after Speaker Mike Johnson said he would not seek the role. - Nov 10, 2026, 2:06 PM: [House Republicans choose Ohio's Jim Jordan as their next party leader]() — Yahoo News (Digital news, United States) By David Morgan WASHINGTON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - House Republicans chose Jim Jordan on Tuesday to lead them in opposition to a Democratic-controlled Congress, according to a person familiar with the matter, putting a combative Donald ‌Trump ally at the forefront of the party’s fight to defend the US president’s agenda during his ‌final two years in office. A secret ballot held behind closed doors elevated the Ohio Republican and House Judiciary Committee chairman to the minority leadership post ​a week after Democrats swept to victory in last Tuesday's midterm elections, winning sizable… - Nov 10, 2026, 2:44 PM: [Republicans reward failure, back Jim Jordan as the next House GOP leader]() — MS NOW (TV network, United States) In 2021, former House Speaker John Boehner described Jordan as a political “terrorist.” In 2026, Republicans gave him a new label: House minority leader. - Nov 10, 2026, 3:03 PM: [Republicans choose Jim Jordan as House minority leader]() — Financial Times (Newspaper, United Kingdom) Pugnacious lawmaker signals uncompromising stance despite party’s poor US midterms performance - Nov 10, 2026, 4:33 PM: [New House GOP Leader Elected]() — CNN (TV network, United States) - Nov 11, 2026, 4:00 AM: [Don’t blame Israel for Republican midterm losses]() — Washington Examiner (Magazine, United States) Asked by Ross Douthat of 60 Minutes to explain why Republicans suffered such a historic defeat last Tuesday, President Donald Trump said the No. 1 reason his party lost was that he was personally absent from the ballot. He then cited the Iran war and its effect on gas prices before naming Israel. “There seems - Nov 11, 2026, 11:08 AM: [John Thune re-elected as US Senate Republican leader after midterm losses]() — Al Jazeera (TV network, Qatar) The Republican ran unopposed, despite some GOP lawmaker demands to evaluate the party's stinging midterm losses to Democ