Jim Jordan announces he will run for minority leader, teeing up fight with Scalise

House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) announced Wednesday he will run for minority leader, formally entering the race to lead House Republicans in the next Congress after they suffered a major blow in the midterms. 

He will likely face a contentious fight against current House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.).

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on a staff call Wednesday that he will not run for minority leader, according to two GOP staffers.

Jordan wrote in a letter to his Republican colleagues on Wednesday that “for too long, we have operated without a clear plan to survive the hour or the day in front of us.”

“That will not cut it against an emboldened and energetic Democrat majority,” he wrote, adding that he is “battle-tested on the oversight front” and “I know the Democrats’ playbook.”

“I know what it will take to lead our Conference in the minority, to stay unified, and to coordinate and calibrate our........

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