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Official portrait of Jim Jordan

10th term · 19.8 years in office: 9 full terms completed, 1 in progress.

Representative · OH-4 · Republican · since Jan 2007

Jim Jordan

Bills authored 0Missed votes 14 of 524Party unity 80% derived, how we compute this

Counted from 524 roll calls and 6 sponsorship records on file.

Stray index
2811 of 16 stated positions diverge from the record
coverage 97%

Who they are · every sentence carries its source

Before the votes, a life.

James Daniel Jordan was born in 1964 in Troy, Ohio, and raised in Champaign County.Source 3: Wikipedia: Jim Jordan He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he was a two-time NCAA Division I wrestling champion, and later received a master's degree in education from Ohio State University and a Juris Doctor from Capital University Law School.Source 3: Wikipedia: Jim Jordan Before entering politics, he worked as an assistant wrestling coach at Ohio State University from 1987 to 1995.Source 3: Wikipedia: Jim Jordan

Jordan was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1994, serving three terms, and then won election to the Ohio Senate in 2000.Source 3: Wikipedia: Jim Jordan In 2006, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for Ohio's 4th congressional district and has been reelected to the seat since.Source 1: Jim Jordan — Biographical Directory of the United States CongressSource 3: Wikipedia: Jim Jordan

In their own words

“The job of a member of Congress is pretty basic: What did you tell the voters you were going to do? Go do that. I focus on that every single day.”

AP News · Oct 24, 2018 · Source

One rule for every member: their most recent dated, linkable statement about themselves.

The path here

  1. 1964

    Born in Troy, Ohio.Source 3: Wikipedia: Jim Jordan

  2. 1986

    Graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a bachelor's degree in economics.Source 3: Wikipedia: Jim Jordan

  3. 1987-1995

    Worked as an assistant wrestling coach at Ohio State University.Source 3: Wikipedia: Jim Jordan

  4. 1994

    Elected to the Ohio House of Representatives.Source 3: Wikipedia: Jim Jordan

  5. 2000

    Elected to the Ohio Senate.Source 3: Wikipedia: Jim Jordan

  6. 2007-2027

    Representative, OH-4.Source 1: Jim Jordan — Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Next election: Nov 3, 2026general

97.33% attendance · all roll calls we have ingested

2 sources

  1. 1Jim Jordan — Biographical Directory of the United States Congressbioguideopen source
  2. 3Wikipedia: Jim Jordanwikipediaopen source archived copy
Full record card

The record card · sourced from Bioguide, the Clerk and the FEC

19.8YRS

In office · 10th term · since Jan 2007

147,392VOTES

2024 margin of victory · 36.92%

Certified result

97.33%

Attendance

house median 97.9% (431 members)

NOV'26

Next election · general

 

Figures cover all roll calls we have ingested.

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Before Congress

  1. 1964 Born in Troy, Ohio.
  2. 1986 Graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a bachelor's degree in economics.
  3. 1987-1995 Worked as an assistant wrestling coach at Ohio State University.
  4. 1994 Elected to the Ohio House of Representatives.
  5. 2000 Elected to the Ohio Senate.
  6. 2007-2027 Representative, OH-4.
House Committee on the Judiciary chairHouse Committee on Oversight and Government Reform0 bills authored · 0 enacted

Says vs. does · 72 issues in 6 clusters

Stated position vs. voting record.

○ marks what they campaigned on; ▪ marks how they voted

The dashed shape is what they campaigned on. The solid shape is how they voted. Where the shapes separate, the record differs from the platform. The distance is measured. What it means is up to you.

SaysDoes
  • Economy & taxes: stated 56 of 100 toward fiscal restraint. Voted 2 of 100 toward public spending.
  • Safety & enforcement: stated 80 of 100 toward stricter enforcement. Voted 20 of 100 toward stricter enforcement.
  • Immigration: stated 93 of 100 toward tighter limits. Voted 37 of 100 toward tighter limits.
  • Rights & liberty: stated 13 of 100 toward broad govt power. Voted 6 of 100 toward individual liberty.
  • Environment & energy: stated 45 of 100 toward develop & extract. Voted 27 of 100 toward develop & extract.
  • Governance & oversight: not yet stated. Voted 4 of 100 toward exec. discretion.
Rim = strongest position on each cluster’s named pole · Same scale for every member · How we score ▸ · Share this record ▸

11/16

stated positions where the voting record differs from the stated platform.

Largest distances · in points

  • Spending vs. restraint

    Record on the other side101

  • Role of government

    Record near neutral93

  • SNAP & nutrition

    Record on the other side87

Chips place the record relative to the middle. The number is the distance to the stated position, in points.

Closest matches

LGBTQ+ policy16Energy sources17Status for undocumented23

The stats, cluster by cluster

6 clusters · 72 issues · sorted by gap size

Each rail runs between two positions real bills take. Select a cluster to open its issues.

StatedRecordGapSorted by gap size · How we score ▸

Chips place the record relative to the middle. The number is the distance to the stated position, in points.

Issue pages

Votes by issue.

72 issues · 16 with both halves · 48 with one · 8 with neither

Sort
Regulation (cross-sector)No statements46 counted votesNot yet statedSpending vs. restraint2 statements25 counted votes101Market protectionsNo statements25 counted votesNot yet statedRole of government2 statements24 counted votes93Banking/financial rulesNo statements22 counted votesNot yet statedTrade & tariffsNo statements19 counted votesNot yet statedAid & alliancesNo statements16 counted votesNot yet statedFarm policy & subsidiesNo statements13 counted votesNot yet statedMilitary budget3 statements10 counted votes39Public worksNo statements10 counted votesNot yet stated

The number is the distance to the stated position, in points.

Receipts · recent votes on passage

How Jim Jordan voted.

Money & ties

Who funds Jim Jordan.

How complete is this money picture?

46%of the money categories we track are publicly disclosed for this member, counting those that lawfully lag.

  • Campaign financeThrough Jun 30, 2026Lagged · 34%
  • Corporate-PAC shareNot yet derived · 22%
  • Disclosed tradesThrough Jan 14, 2026Lagged · 12%
  • Lobbyist meetingsNot disclosed · 32%

Quarterly FEC filings; totals cover the period ending on the date shown.

Disclosed by the FEC; we have not built the honest derivation — same for every member.

Members must disclose trades within 45 days; this picture is always at least that far behind.

A gap in the disclosure system, not a statement about this member — lobbyist meetings are not federally disclosed for any member of Congress.

Weights are fixed product-wide and disclosed, so this percentage is comparable across members.

Who funds them · 2026 cycle · FEC through Jun 30, 2026

$4.8MTotal raised · 1 ▪ = $125.0K · 39 units, rounded up

  • PAC contributions$529.8K · 11.1%
  • Itemized individual$1.3M · 28.1%
  • Small-dollar (≤$200)$2.0M · 40.9%
  • All other$954.5K · 20.0%
FEC filing totals ↗

Disclosed trades

  • CENTRAL BANCSHARES, INC. NEWsell$50.0K–$100.0K
    Oct 27, 2025filing →

FEC OpenFEC · disclosed trades: House Clerk / Senate filings.

Ideology placement

Economic (dim 1)0.711
Social (dim 2)-0.171

Voteview DW-NOMINATE · retrieved Sep 7, 2026 — an external attributed reference, shown as context.

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Civic Herald. “Jim Jordan: voting record, stated positions, funding.” https://civicherald.app/politicians/jim-jordan-J000289.

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