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House GOP bets on MAGA "fighter" Jim Jordan

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Axios FIRST 31m ago House GOP bets on MAGA "fighter" Jim Jordan
House Republicans are turning to one of their fiercest fighters to lead their diminished conference after one of their biggest drubbings in decades. Why it matters : Jim Jordan , 62, a founding member of the hardline House Freedom Caucus, has completed a stunning insurgent-to-establishment turn after spending much of his nearly 20 years in Congress battling Republican leaders from the right. The Ohio Republican's victory over House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) represents a bet by Republ