Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), a conservative firebrand endorsed by former president Donald Trump, is seeking to succeed Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who was ousted more than two weeks ago.
Should Rep. Jim Jordan be elected House speaker, he will be the most ideologically extreme legislator to hold that position in recent memory.
But his effort to win the gavel failed its first test on Tuesday afternoon — thanks to the least extreme members of his party’s House caucus. Jordan could afford to have only a few Republicans decline to support his candidacy for the top job in the House, given his need to secure a majority of the votes for the position. He ended up losing far more than a few and more than most observers expected.
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