Jim Jordan, Representative for Ohio's 4th Congressional District

Jordan is the representative for Ohio’s 4^th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 4, 2007. Jordan’s current term ends on Jan 3, 2023.

Jordan is among the Republican legislators who participated in President Trump’s months-long, multifarious attempted coup during the 2020 presidential election and culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol. Shortly after the election, Jordan joined a case before the Supreme Court calling for all the votes for president in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin — states that were narrowly won by Democrats — to be discarded, in order to change the outcome of the election, based on lies and a preposterous legal argument which the Supreme Court rejected. (Following the rejection of several related cases before the Supreme Court, another legislator who joined the case called for violence.) Jordan futher urged the Vice President and participated in a coordinated campaign by the Trump Administration to exclude some Democratic states from the electoral count rather than follow the Constitution's procedure in which Congress may vote to exclude electors. On January 6, 2021 in the hours after the insurrection at the Capitol, Jordan voted to reject the state-certified election results of Arizona and/or Pennsylvania (states narrowly won by Democrats), which could have changed the outcome of the election. These legislators have generally changed their story after their vote, claiming it was merely a protest and not intended to change the outcome of the election as they clearly sought prior to the vote. The January 6, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol disrupted Congress’s count of electors that determined the outcome of the presidential election with the goal to prevent President Joe Biden from taking office.

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Jordan is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Jordan has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Nov 22, 2022. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Jim Jordan sits on the following committees:

House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member
House Committee on Oversight and Reform

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties subcommittees
House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Jordan sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Science, Technology, Communications (100%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Jordan recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Jordan voted Nay

H.R. 7900: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

Passed 329/101 on Jul 14, 2022.

Jordan voted Nay

H.R. 423: Anti-Spoofing Act of 2017

Passed 398/5 on Jan 23, 2017.

"Spoofing" occurs when a caller deliberately falsifies the information transmitted to your caller ID display to disguise their identity. Spoofing is often used as part …

Jordan voted Nay

H.R. 2669: Anti-Spoofing Act of 2015

Passed 382/5 on Nov 14, 2016.

Jordan voted Nay

H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015

Passed 338/88 on May 13, 2015.

The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of …

Jordan voted Nay

H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015

Passed 219/206 on Dec 11, 2014.

This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December …

Jordan voted No

H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015

Passed 319/108 on Sep 17, 2014.

Jordan voted No

H.R. 6233 (112th): Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012

Passed 223/197 on Aug 2, 2012.

Jordan voted Aye

H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Passed 304/117 on Jun 23, 2011.

The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack …

Jordan voted Nay

H.R. 3352 (110th): Hydrographic Services Improvement Act Amendments of 2008

Passed 308/60 on Mar 31, 2008.

Jordan voted Nay

H.R. 1434 (110th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 896 Pittsburgh Street in Springdale, …

Passed 334/53 on Apr 23, 2007.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2007 to Nov 2022, Jordan missed 222 of 10,747 roll call votes, which is 2.1%. This is on par with the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2007 Jan-Mar	213	1	0.5%	23^rd
2007 Apr-Jun	393	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	17	5.4%	89^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	2	0.8%	15^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	2	1.3%	21^st
2008 Apr-Jun	321	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	6	3.4%	69^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	4	1.3%	32^nd
2009 Jul-Sep	268	1	0.4%	9^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	7	2.8%	52^nd
2010 Jan-Mar	195	13	6.7%	80^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	7	3.2%	50^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	3	2.0%	51^st
2010 Nov-Dec	99	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	14	6.6%	93^rd
2011 Apr-Jun	281	4	1.4%	51^st
2011 Jul-Sep	247	1	0.4%	17^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	13	6.2%	81^st
2012 Jan-Mar	151	2	1.3%	43^rd
2012 Apr-Jun	299	10	3.3%	67^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	4	2.6%	64^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	7	3.3%	64^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	2	1.0%	41^st
2013 Oct-Dec	137	2	1.5%	42^nd
2014 Jan-Mar	148	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	4	1.8%	54^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	4	2.8%	58^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	4	1.6%	57^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	1	0.7%	31^st
2015 Oct-Dec	177	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	6	4.4%	56^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	1	0.5%	18^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	3	1.3%	52^nd
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	19	9.1%	95^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	2	1.2%	41^st
2018 Jan-Mar	129	1	0.8%	23^rd
2018 Apr-Jun	184	3	1.6%	36^th
2018 Jul-Sep	102	1	1.0%	42^nd
2018 Nov-Dec	85	1	1.2%	35^th
2019 Jan-Mar	136	0	0.0%	0^th
2019 Apr-Jun	294	0	0.0%	0^th
2019 Jul-Sep	125	3	2.4%	79^th
2019 Oct-Dec	146	10	6.8%	85^th
2020 Jan-Mar	102	0	0.0%	0^th
2020 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
2020 Jul-Sep	80	3	3.8%	74^th
2020 Oct-Dec	40	4	10.0%	79^th
2021 Jan-Mar	97	1	1.0%	41^st
2021 Apr-Jun	107	1	0.9%	41^st
2021 Jul-Sep	108	13	12.0%	98^th
2021 Oct-Dec	137	8	5.8%	94^th
2022 Jan-Mar	102	2	2.0%	76^th
2022 Apr-Jun	197	1	0.5%	38^th
2022 Jul-Sep	161	3	1.9%	76^th
2022 Nov-Nov	8	1	12.5%	90^th

Primary Sources

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unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills

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Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Committee Membership

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recently Introduced Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

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Missed Votes

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