Jim Jordan, Tom Emmer, and Lisa McClain were elected to leadership positions in the House Republican Conference for the 120th Congress.
Posted by Speaker Mike Johnson, Checked
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Speaker Mike Johnson@SpeakerJohnsonNov 10, 2026I congratulate Rep. @Jim_Jordan, @GOPMajorityWhip, Chairwoman @RepLisaMcClain, and the entire House GOP Leadership team on their elections to lead our Conference in the 120th Congress. It is a great honor to be called upon by your colleagues to serve, and these men and women are well-equipped to stand in the gap and preserve the values that have made America the freest, most powerful, and most successful nation the world has ever known. …
Multiple tier1 sources published 2026-11-10 (Reuters, AP, CBS, Politico) report that the House GOP conference elected Jim Jordan as minority leader, Tom Emmer as whip, and Lisa McClain as conference chair for the 120th Congress, so the claim holds as of its date. Reported Emmer vote tallies differ slightly (103-76 vs 103-36), which does not affect the core claim.
This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.
What we found
Supports. Reuters and AP both report that House Republicans chose Jim Jordan as their leader (minority leader) for the next Congress, defeating Steve Scalise 106-73.[1][2]
Supports. AP and Politico report that Tom Emmer was elected to remain the House Republican whip, the No. 2 leadership post, beating August Pfluger.[2][3]
Supports. Reuters and Politico report that Lisa McClain won reelection as House Republican Conference chair, defeating Erin Houchin and Greg Steube 93-57-27.[3][5]
Supports. CBS and ABC News independently report the same three results, confirming them across outlets.[4][6]
Context. The extracted claim matches the post's own wording (the post congratulates these three on their elections to lead the Conference in the 120th Congress), so no addition was made.
Context. The Wikipedia entry is dated 2004 and describes the 119th Congress, so it does not bear on the 120th Congress elections.[7]
Sources
7 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 tier 2, 3 not rated
- 1US House Republicans choose Jim Jordan as their next party leaderreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2House Republicans are choosing their next leader as they prepare to be in the minorityapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3John Thune is reelected as Senate GOP leader after ...politico.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4Congress live updates as House GOP picks Jordan as leader, Hegseth faces impeachment votecbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5Lisa McClain wins reelection as House Republican Conference chairrmb.reuters.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6House Republicans elect Jim Jordan as minority leader for the next Congressabcnews.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7House Republican Conference - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: context
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