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Jim Jordan

RepublicanJim Jordan

U.S. Representative · Ohio

Ohio's 4th district

RepublicanFederal

U.S. Representative from Ohio

2 tracked promises, 2 rated

Ohio · Ohio's 4th district

Ohio's 4th district

Their congressional district

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100/100
Trust rating
Strongly keeps promises
100
0 · Broken50 · Mixed100 · Kept
A transparent rescale of the Integrity Score (+100) to 0–100, aggregated from 2 rated promises. Never an opaque single score. Provisional — based on 2 rated promises they could act on; a settled rating needs at least 5.
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How they won their seat

Jim Jordan won the 2024 U.S. House election in Ohio (District 4) with 68.5% of the vote (273,297 votes).

68.5%
Win share
273,297
Votes for winner
399,202
Total cast
  • Jim Jordan · Republican68.5%
  • Tamie Wilson · Democrat31.5%

Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.

Inferred legislative agendas

Jim Jordan's record indicates involvement in legislative oversight and judicial matters. He has sponsored multiple resolutions and bills aimed at investigating federal actions, such as HRES 1292, which calls for holding the Attorney General in contempt, and has introduced several welfare reform initiatives, including the Welfare Reform and Upward Mobility Act. Additionally, his role as Chair of the House Committee on the Judiciary reflects his participation in legislative oversight and judicial matters. Focus areas (from the record): Judicial Oversight · Free Speech · Welfare Reform · Second Amendment · Government Accountability Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. There are no declared positions or tracked promises on file to compare against his legislative activities. Therefore, it is not possible to assess alignment with any stated goals. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal any declared positions or promises to assess alignment; It does not indicate the effectiveness of the sponsored bills or their impact; The record does not provide insight into the motivations behind his legislative actions. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).

Inferred, not stated. Jim Jordan has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.

Showing 2019. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.

Campaign finance over time

$0
Cash on hand · 2026
$733K
Raised, 20262026
RaisedSpentCash on hand
$0$250K$500K$750K$1M2026: raised $733K2026: spent $423K20262026: cash on hand $0
Where the money came from · 2026
Small-dollar (unitemized): $63K (9%)9%Large individual (itemized): $307K (42%)42%PAC / committee: $355K (49%)49%
  • Small-dollar (unitemized)$63K9%
  • Large individual (itemized)$307K42%
  • PAC / committee$355K49%

By election cycle. Source: FEC.

Committee memberships

Source: Congress.gov.

Integrity

Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown

+100 · based on 2 rated promises

  • Fully Kept 2

Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.

Integrity over time

In office since Jan 2019 · 2 rated promises

The line steps at each recorded assessment and holds between them; it ends on the current published score.

−100 worked against0+100 kept
Integrity Score by assessment date. Score ranges from −100 (worked against) to +100 (kept).
DateIntegrity Score
Jul 2026100
Jul 2026100
Jan 2027100 (current, held from last rating)

Promise status over time

How the tracked promise record has evolved.

2 tracked
  • Kept2
  • Against0
  • No opportunity0
  • In progress0
01122Jul 2026Jul 2026

Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.

Topic coverage

2 promises across 2 topics

What this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.

  • energy/climate1 promise
  • government oversight1 promise

Evidence & significance

Evidence quality

Strongest source cited per promise.

  • Primary (official record)2100%

Significance mix

How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).

10
21
30
41
50

Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.

Tracked promises

2 tracked promises

Fully Kepthigh confidence

As House Judiciary Committee chairman, Jordan committed to investigating the alleged 'weaponization' of the federal government, establishing and chairing the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government to probe the FBI, DOJ, and other federal agencies.

government oversightSpecific · measurable
SourcesWikipediaU.S. Government Publishing Office (govinfo.gov) - H.Res.12, 118th Congress (Engrossed in House)· archivedWikipedia
Fully Kepthigh confidence

In July 2008, Jordan committed to opposing climate-change legislation that raises taxes by becoming the first member of Congress to sign Americans for Prosperity's 'No Climate Tax' pledge.

energy/climate
SourcesWikipediaWikipediaU.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Clerk (roll call 477, 111th Congress, June 26, 2009)· archivedWikipedia

Verified record

38 sponsored bills · finance on file

Facts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.

Campaign financeas of Apr 15, 2026

FEC 2026 cycle — raised $3,692,364, spent $5,203,298, cash on hand $0.

View the FEC filing ↗

Sponsored legislation

Showing the 12 most recent of 38 sponsored measures.

Voting record

Total votes
655
Yea
500
Nay
134
Present
0
Not voting
21

Full voting record

655 votes
  • S32Yea
  • S307Yea
120 of 655
Page 1 / 33

Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.

Positions on record

3 positions on record

The record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.

  • energy/climateStated position

    In July 2008, Jordan committed to opposing climate-change legislation that raises taxes by becoming the first member of Congress to sign Americans for Prosperity's 'No Climate Tax' pledge.

    SourcesWikipediaWikipedia
    View position & sources
  • government oversightStated position

    As House Judiciary Committee chairman, Jordan committed to investigating the alleged 'weaponization' of the federal government, establishing and chairing the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government to probe the FBI, DOJ, and other federal agencies.

    SourcesWikipediaWikipedia
    View position & sources
  • Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote

    On record voting AYE on Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment to prohibit warrantless searches of United States persons' communications in the FISA Section 702 database, with exceptions for imminent threats to life or bodily harm, consent searches, and known cybersecurity threat signatures. The amendment failed on a 212 to 212 tie.

    SourcesHouse Roll Call Vote 114, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On Agreeing to the Amendment, Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Failed by recorded vote, 212 ayes to 212 noes, April 12, 2024.
    View position & sources
Disclosure
No undisclosed priorities on record

Disclosure

A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.

No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.

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