Home Republicans on Tuesday elected Jim Jordan as minority leader for the subsequent Congress, beating Home Majority Chief Steve Scalise, based on a number of sources.
Jordan obtained 106 votes to Scalise’s 73 votes, the sources stated.
As of Tuesday, Home Democrats maintain a 254-166 margin over Republicans going into the a hundred and twentieth Congress with 15 races nonetheless undecided.
Rep. Jim Jordan walks with reporters earlier than Home GOP elections for the a hundred and twentieth Congress, Nov. 10, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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Within the Senate, Sen. John Thune of South Dakota will stay because the celebration’s chief regardless of some in his convention delaying the vote whereas they mentioned the outcomes of the midterm elections and the celebration’s path ahead.
Jordan has led Republicans on the Oversight and Judiciary committees, the place his hardline strategy and status as an ardent defender of President Donald Trump have made him a well-liked cable TV information visitor.
First elected in 2007, Jordan is a two-time NCAA champion wrestler.
Scalise, first elected in 2008, was critically injured throughout a taking pictures at follow for the congressional baseball sport in 2017. He is served on the Republican management desk for greater than a decade — together with because the GOP’s No. 2 chief since 2023. Scalise can also be in remission from a number of myeloma, a blood most cancers, which he was handled for in late 2023, taking a six-week absence to bear chemotherapy.
Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota, the present majority whip, was elected to function GOP minority whip, beating a problem from Texas Rep. August Pfluger. And Rep. Lisa McClain of Michigan was elected to function GOP convention chair — the No. 3 place amongst Home Republicans within the minority — based on a number of sources. She beat challenges from Rep. Erin Houchin of Indiana and Rep. Greg Steube of Florida.
Jordan and Scalise, together with Emmer, ran for speaker in 2023 when then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted after a revolt from a small group of far-right Republicans.
Home Majority Chief Rep. Steve Scalise leaves a Home Republican Convention assembly on the U.S. Capitol, November 10, 2026 in Washington.
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Speaker Mike Johnson was elected after a chaotic battle that shut the convention down for 3 weeks.
Johnson introduced final week that he would not stand for election as minority chief, giving the GOP convention a possibility to select up the items of their shattered majority after the midterm elections by selecting contemporary management or run it again with Johnson’s high two deputies, Scalise and Emmer.
Senate management elections
In the meantime, Senate Republicans on Tuesday afternoon authorized Thune by acclimation to stay the convention’s chief within the minority after “household” discussions about one of the best path ahead for the celebration.
Senate Republicans gathered Tuesday morning for what was scheduled to be their management elections, however quite than holding votes, they as an alternative engaged in what was described as a “frank” dialogue about how Republicans ought to reply within the wake of final week’s bruising midterm elections that left Republicans down no less than seven Senate seats with two races but to be determined.
Although some Republicans stated they had been not sure whether or not they needed to stay with Senate Majority Chief John Thune of South Dakota as their chief following voter backlash within the midterms, nobody else emerged as a possible challenger.
Along with Thune, the caucus re-elected the remainder of its earlier management: Sen. John Barrasso will stay as Senate GOP whip and Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas will stay Republican Convention chair.
Sen. Bernie Moreno, who was unopposed, was elected chairman of the Nationwide Republican Senatorial Committee, the Republican convention’s marketing campaign operation, changing South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott.
Senate Majority Chief John Thune, R-S.D., and members of the Republican Convention arrive to elect their management following the sweeping victory by Democrats within the midterm elections, on the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 10, 2026.
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In a submit on X, Thune stated he “appreciated the chance to have an open, sincere, and clear dialog with my colleagues immediately,” and that the Republican staff stays “united in our dedication to advancing conservative priorities, working with President Trump and our colleagues within the Home, and holding the road in opposition to Democrats’ efforts to enact their far-left liberal agenda.”
In a letter despatched Monday obtained by ABC Information, dozens of Republican Nationwide Committee members referred to as for Republicans to delay management elections in each the Home and the Senate for 30 days to provide the celebration time to judge its losses and the way management candidates plan to maneuver the celebration ahead.
“There isn’t any strategy to sugarcoat what occurred on Election Day. From coast to coast, and in a number of the reddest elements of the nation, Republicans had been humiliated. These devastating losses are historic, and so they threaten to undo all of the work of the final 10 years,” the letter addressed to Congressional Republicans reads.
“Members deserve to grasp what went flawed and listen to how these in search of management intend to deal with these failures earlier than casting their votes. That evaluation ought to inform the selection of management. Holding elections first will get that backward.”
