Jim Jordan Finally Wins GOP Leadership Spot of Attenuated Party

It was with a grim sense of resignation that I read the news fresh across the transom: The GOP leadership positions were up for a vote today. ( declined to run for leadership again after losing 44 of his fellow members and the House majority.) And the position of GOP minority leader has been won by , in a 106–73 vote held behind closed doors by the post-November survivors of the GOP’s electoral wipeout.

It is a remarkable triumph for Jordan, long regarded as a perpetual bridesmaid in the GOP’s leadership sweepstakes, never the bride.

JB

About the Author

Jeffrey Blehar

Jeffrey Blehar is a National Review staff writer living in Chicago. He is also the co-host of National Review’s Political Beats podcast, which explores the great music of the modern era with guests from the political world happy to find something non-political to talk about.

Featured Tags

Manage following

House of Representatives

Jim Jordan

Republican Party

It was with a grim sense of resignation that I read the news fresh across the transom: The GOP leadership positions were up for a vote today. ( declined to run for leadership again after losing 44 of his fellow members and the House majority.) And the position of GOP minority leader has been won by , in a 106–73 vote held behind closed doors by the post-November survivors of the GOP’s electoral wipeout.

It is a remarkable triumph for Jordan, long regarded as a perpetual bridesmaid in the GOP’s leadership sweepstakes, never the bride.

JB

About the Author

Jeffrey Blehar

Jeffrey Blehar is a National Review staff writer living in Chicago. He is also the co-host of National Review’s Political Beats podcast, which explores the great music of the modern era with guests from the political world happy to find something non-political to talk about.