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Jim Jordan defeats Scalise to lead House Republicans after midterm losses

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Newsrooms: 35
Last 3 hours: 0 reports
Momentum: Steady

Reports per hour, last 24 hours

How the coverage splits

34%26%40%

Where it’s heading

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Jim Jordan emerged as the apparent frontrunner in the contest to lead House Republicans after their midterm losses, with allies claiming he had more than 100 votes - a count disputed by Steve Scalise’s team. Jordan’s pitch as a fighter has drawn support from prominent Republicans and a strategist who

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Background: Jim Jordan

James Daniel Jordan is an American politician who has served in the U.S. House of Representatives as the representative for Ohio's 4th congressional district since 2007. Currently in his 10th term in the House, Jordan is a member of the Republican Party. He was chosen on November 10, 2026, to serve as the Republican House Minority Leader in the 120th Congress.³

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The story so far

35 newsroomsCooling

Reports: 38
Newsrooms and sources: 35
Last 3 hours: 0
Last 24 hours

Cooling: well below its busiest stretch (0 in the last three hours, 1 in the three before).

First with it: Independent Journal Review, 18 hr 19 min before anyone else.

Reported by 35 newsrooms.

The numbers behind it

How it spread, where it’s heading and where the coverage is from

Reports a day, last 7 days

Reports a day, last 7 days
Day	Stories
Thu	0
Fri	0
Sat	0
Sun	0
Mon	0
Tue	1
Today	37

Where the coverage is from

How it spread

Newsrooms reporting it, each counted at its first report.

Time	Newsroom	Total
12:01pm AEDT	Independent Journal Review	1
6:20am AEDT	Fox News	2
6:22am AEDT	The Hill	3
6:23am AEDT	Washington Examiner	4
6:24am AEDT	The Daily Caller	5
6:26am AEDT	New York Post	6
6:28am AEDT	NewsNation	7
6:33am AEDT	Just the News	8
6:33am AEDT	Hindustan Times	9
6:37am AEDT	The Post Millennial	10
6:40am AEDT	The Guardian	11
6:41am AEDT	Newsweek	12
6:41am AEDT	Axios	13
6:42am AEDT	The Washington Times	14
6:42am AEDT	CBS News	15
6:44am AEDT	The Daily Signal	16
6:49am AEDT	Time	17
6:51am AEDT	RedState	18
6:52am AEDT	PBS News	19
6:54am AEDT	Al Jazeera	20
7:01am AEDT	Raw Story	21
7:08am AEDT	The Times of India	22
7:21am AEDT	South China Morning Post	23
7:24am AEDT	CNBC	24
7:35am AEDT	National Review	25
7:58am AEDT	The Washington Post	26
8:03am AEDT	Financial Times	27
8:13am AEDT	Semafor	28
8:40am AEDT	The Federalist	29
8:40am AEDT	The Times of Israel	30
8:41am AEDT	NBC News	31
8:57am AEDT	NPR	32
9:42am AEDT	France 24	33
12:24pm AEDT	The Hindu	34
1:22am AEDT	The Christian Post	35

When	Likely range	Most likely
Now	35	35
In 1 hours (6:48am AEDT)	35 to 35	35
In 3 hours (8:48am AEDT)	35 to 35	35
In 6 hours (11:48am AEDT)	35 to 35	35
In 12 hours (5:48pm AEDT)	35 to 35	35
In 24 hours (5:48am AEDT)	35 to 35	35

Jim Jordan defeats Scalise to lead House Republicans after midterm losses

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Jim Jordan defeats Scalise to lead House Republicans after midterm losses

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