Jim Jordan elected as next House Republican leader
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[0:01] Hi, I'm Lindsay Riser and we have some
[0:03] breaking news out of Capitol Hill. House
[0:06] Republicans just elected their new
[0:08] leadership following last week's
[0:10] midterms. Ohio's Jim Jordan has been
[0:12] selected to represent the GOP as
[0:14] minority leader. Now, we are expecting
[0:16] the results of a few other Republican
[0:19] leadership votes shortly. Uh let's go
[0:21] ahead and bring in CBS News
[0:22] congressional correspondent Nicole
[0:24] Killian. Now, we know that this is
[0:26] taking place after Mike Johnson
[0:28] announced that he would not be seeking
[0:30] leadership office. Um, tell us a little
[0:32] bit about how we got here and what we
[0:34] know about the vote.
[0:37] >> Yeah, that's right. Well, an aid with
[0:40] the House GOP conference confirmed that
[0:42] Jim Jordan in fact was just elected as
[0:45] House Minority Leader for the next
[0:47] Congress and we are told that that vote
[0:49] tally was 106- 73. Of course, this was a
[0:53] secret ballot. We know Jim Jordan, who's
[0:55] currently the head of the House
[0:56] Judiciary Committee, was running against
[0:59] Steve Scaliz, who was a number two
[1:01] currently in leadership. Uh the second
[1:03] in line after Mike Johnson, he is the
[1:06] majority leader. So, uh look, you know,
[1:08] this was a very uh difficult decision
[1:10] for a lot of members. uh a lot of
[1:12] handrigging especially after this
[1:14] election, but it really was a decision
[1:16] among these members about whether or not
[1:18] to kind of stay the course with their
[1:20] current leadership or opt for change.
[1:24] And in the case of Jim Jordan, he was
[1:26] the change candidate. Uh you know, in
[1:28] his letter to members, he laid out that
[1:31] he felt that Republ