House Republicans on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, chose Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the Judiciary Committee chairman, over Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., to lead the GOP conference in the minority in the next Congress, according to reporting from two outlets.
Both the Just the News and Washington Examiner accounts frame the vote as a shift after the party's losses in the midterms. The reporting available to us is thin, and several details remain unconfirmed.
Just the News reported a tally of 106 to 73 in Jordan's favor. That count is attributed to a Punchbowl News post on X, which we could not open. Neither outlet independently confirmed the number in text we could read, so it should be treated as reported but unverified.
A Break From the Old Leadership Team
The Examiner described Jordan's election as a "quiet admission" that the conference needed a "new playbook" to rebuild after the 2026 midterms. That is the paper's own framing, not a quote from any member, and the rest of its story sat behind a paywall.
Scalise has been in House leadership since 2014. According to the Examiner, he has been the No. 2 House Republican under Speaker Mike Johnson for the past two years. Just the News noted that he was earlier Kevin McCarthy's right-hand man.
Just the News describes Jordan as best known for investigations of Democratic lawmakers. It gave no source for that characterization.
What Is Still Unclear
Several pieces of this story are not nailed down, and readers deserve to know which.
A summary of the Just the News report said Speaker Johnson decided to step down from leadership after the party's loss in the midterms. It is unclear whether that means he is giving up the speakership or only leadership posts, and the body text we read did not clearly confirm it. We have not verified it independently.
The title of minority leader implies Republicans will not hold the House majority in the next Congress. Both outlets describe a midterm loss, but we found no readable source stating the chamber outcome directly. That point is unconfirmed.
We also did not see any on-the-record explanation from members about why they backed Jordan or Scalise. The Examiner's full article was not available to us, and we did not read the Washington Post's coverage.
Other Leadership Headlines
Other leadership items surfaced the same day, but we saw only headlines, and none of the details are verified. A Washington Examiner headline said Lisa McClain won the race for conference chair. Another Examiner headline said Brian Jack was picked as the new House GOP campaign chief to retake the majority in 2028. A Just the News headline said Tom Emmer faces a challenge to keep the GOP whip post.
We did not read the stories behind those headlines, so we cannot say how they unfolded or how they relate to the Jordan vote.
What Comes Next
No timeline for the new leadership was found in any readable source. Open questions include when the new team takes effect, what Johnson's status will be, and whether the challenge to Emmer changes the slate. We found no statement from House Republicans or Punchbowl News that answers them.
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