House Republican Conference
Caucus of all House Republicans; elected Jim Jordan minority leader on 10 November 2026.
The conference chose Jim Jordan as minority leader on 10 November, 106 votes to Steve Scalise's 73, CNBC reported, after Speaker Mike Johnson declined to run once Democrats had won The House.
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The House Republican Conference is the party caucus of every Republican in The House. It elects the party's House leaders, hosts its meetings and publishes the daily Legislative Digest.
In the majority the Speaker leads it; in the minority the minority leader does. Lisa McClain of Michigan chairs it in the 119th Congress.
After Democrats won the House on 3 November, the conference chose Jim Jordan, a Freedom Caucus founder, as minority leader over its sitting majority leader by 106 votes to 73, after Speaker Mike Johnson declined to run. Its new leaders take up the minority posts when the 120th Congress opens.
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Democrats won the House on 3 November and Speaker Mike Johnson ruled himself out of the leadership race the next day. On 10 November the conference chose Jordan, the Ohio congressman and a founder of the House Freedom Caucus, over Scalise, its outgoing majority leader, by 106 votes to 73, CNBC reported.
The vote replaced the conference's leadership after the defeat. Senate Republicans did the opposite the same day, re-electing John Thune by acclamation. In the 120th Congress the conference sits in the minority, where the minority leader, not the Speaker, heads it.
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Written with AI from Lowdown's published reporting. Not individually reviewed by an editor. Updated 11 November 2026. Editorial standards.