Jim Jordan Campaigns to Lead Diminished House GOP as Trump Hits Worst-Ever Approval
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Updated · POLITICO · Oct 28
Jim Jordan Campaigns to Lead Diminished House GOP as Trump Hits Worst-Ever Approval
3 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Oct 28
Summary
Jim Jordan is quietly positioning himself to lead a smaller House Republican Conference, using midterm campaign stops to show colleagues he can help protect vulnerable GOP candidates.
South Carolina — usually a safe Republican state but now a battleground — has become part of that effort as Jordan tells lawmakers he is helping "anybody, everybody" and urges the party to "stick together."
That unity message marks a shift for the Ohio hard-liner, whose public renunciation of factional warfare signals an attempt to broaden support beyond the MAGA bloc that made him a House power center.
The maneuver comes as Donald Trump faces his worst approval ratings as president and Republicans in deep-red districts scramble for political cover, sharpening concern that the party will emerge from the midterms diminished.