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House Freedom Caucus co-founder Jim Jordan ‘open to running’ for speaker

By Anna Giaritelli, Al Weaver

Published April 13, 2018 3:15pm ET

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House Freedom Caucus co-founder Jim Jordan ‘open to running’ for speaker — Freedom Caucus Chairman and member of the House Select Committee on Benghazi Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is interviewed at the conclusion of the hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. | (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

House Freedom Caucus co-founder Jim Jordan confirmed Friday he is considering a run to replace Paul Ryan as House speaker.

“Paul Ryan’s the speaker. There is no speaker’s race. If and when there is, I’m open to running,” Jordan, an Ohio Republican, told the Washington Examiner.

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