Representative Jim Jordan, Republican of Ohio on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
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Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio will not run next year for the U.S. Senate seat presently held by Sen. Rob Portman, a fellow Republican who has actually revealed he will retire, Jordan’s project representative stated Thursday.
But Jordan’s representative, when questioned by NBC News, did not clearly dismiss a possible run by Jordan for Ohio guv in 2022.
“He’s going to run for Congress,” the representative stated, when continued the guv’s race.
Jordan, 56, has actually represented Ohio’s fourth Congressional District because 2007.
He is a strong advocate of previous President Donald Trump and is an establishing member of the House Freedom Caucus, a group of conservative legislators. Trump previously this month granted Jordan the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is among the country’s greatest civilian honors.
Earlier this month, Jordan played a leading function in a not successful effort to avoid the House of Representatives from impeaching Trump for prompting the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Cleveland.com initially reported that Jordan would not look for Portman’s seat.
Jordan’s representative informed that news outlet, “He is solely focused on representing the great people of Ohio’s Fourth District.”
“Mr. Jordan believes at this time he is better suited to represent Ohioans in the House of Representatives, where as the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, he can advance an America first agenda, promote conservative values, and hold big government accountable,” the representative stated.
A group of previous wrestlers at Ohio State University, where Jordan functioned as an assistant coach from the late-1980s to the mid-1990s, have actually declared that Jordan knew sexual misbehavior versus trainee wrestlers by then-team doctor Richard Strauss.
One wrestler has actually informed NBC News that he personally informed Jordan about the abuse.
Jordan has actually consistently rejected that he knew any abuse.
