Jordan’s closest ally in the House was then-Rep. House Republicans added Jordan to the House Intelligence Committee temporarily in order to take part in the public impeachment hearings, where the Ohio Republican’s rapid-fire questions were a key part of the GOP efforts to poke holes in the testimony of the witnesses who said Trump sought Ukraine’s help to dig up dirt on Joe Biden.
Jordan played a key role defending Trump during former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation and Trump’s first impeachment in 2019. By the end of the last congressional term, Jordan was the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee and a key McCarthy ally while Democrats controlled the House. Jordan, one of the founders of the House Freedom Caucus, helped oust then-GOP House Speaker John Boehner in 2015, and he made a longshot bid to challenge McCarthy to lead House Republicans after the 2018 elections. Tim Ryan is among the Democrats ruminating a run for Portman’s seat, which is expected to be one of the most fiercely contested as Republicans and Democrats battle for control of the 50-50 Senate in the midterms.ĭuring Trump’s presidency, Jordan went from Republican outsider constantly challenging the party’s House leadership to being in lockstep with House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy – and, of course, with Trump. Portman announced on Monday he would not seek reelection, dealing a blow to Republicans who face a daunting 2022 Senate map and other key retirements in North Carolina and Pennsylvania. Timken, the source said, could get the Trump endorsement, has her own money and the party establishment would like her. Had Jordan decided to run, he could have potentially cleared the GOP field – or set up an early test of Trump’s political standing among GOP voters following the Capitol riots.Ī GOP source familiar with Ohio politics said that Jane Timken, the chair of the Ohio Republican Party, could get into the Senate race now that Jordan is not running. While it is early in the race and no one candidate was positioned to consolidate Republican voters, Jordan’s high profile as a prominent Trump ally put him among the most visible GOP candidates. Steve Stivers, Brad Wenstrup, Mike Turner and Warren Davidson. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is also seriously eying a Senate bid, along with at least four other Republican members of Congress: Reps. Vance, the author of “Hillbilly Elegy,” and Josh Mandel, who dropped out of the 2018 GOP primary race to challenge Democratic Sen. Just some of the possible Republican candidates include J.D. Jordan’s decision leaves what is expected to be a very crowded field of GOP candidates for the primary next year without a clear front-runner. Jordan will instead run for reelection for his US House seat, the spokesperson said. Rob Portman, according to a spokesperson for his congressional campaign. Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican and a fierce defender of former President Donald Trump, won’t run for the US Senate next year to fill the seat of the retiring GOP Sen.
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