The file

Jim Jordan

Republican · U.S. Representative, Ohio-4 · Ohio · Spectrum score +68

House · Freedom Caucus · 2026 ballot ·

Jim Jordan is U.S. Representative, Ohio-4 in Ohio. Political positions and ideology score +68 (Far right). Jordan’s product is the clip.

College: University of Wisconsin–Madison, B.S. 1986 · Ohio State University, M.A. 1991 · Capital University Law School, J.D. 2001
Spouse: Polly Jordan
Children: Four
Résumé: U.S. Representative · Ohio-4 · 2007–
Ohio Senate / House · 1995–2006
Assistant wrestling coach · Ohio State University · 1987–1995

Net worth: $2.2M
Salary: $174,000
Before office: $300K
2026 raised: $10.5M
Years in office: 19

Where Jim stands on the spectrum

Jim Jordan scores +68 on Spectrum’s left–right line (far right), right of center on the economy and conservative on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite +68 · Far right · economic +68 · social +70 · authoritarian +41

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Jordan’s product is the clip. The file is a member whose hearings are a media company, whose Ohio State years are a dead zone in friendly coverage, and whose FEC report is internet rage converted to cash. The gavel is a studio.

Finances

Modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit of any household.

Net worth

$2.2M

+633% since taking office

House disclosure midpoint, 2024

Before office$300K

Now$2.2M

Wrestling coach to Judiciary gavel. National small-dollar MAGA money, not Columbus K Street. Still not rich.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $10.5M
Cash on hand: $6.1M

Top industries

Small-dollar
Conservative PACs
Leadership PACs

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

Wrestling coach to gavel. National small-dollar, thin brokerage.

Disclosure midpoint, 2024–25 · STOCK Act ranges, not an audit

VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market
Joint
$50K–$250K
VXUS
Vanguard Total International
Joint
$15K–$75K

Ticker	Name	Owner	Range
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Joint	$50K–$250K
VXUS	Vanguard Total International	Joint	$15K–$75K

Sum of ranges $65K–$325K · midpoint $195K

X sentiment

Last 7 days

Odds

Polymarket · Kalshi

Implied probability from open contracts. Real money, not a poll. Updates while you sit here.

Live wire

Live · checked just now

New articles land here as they publish. Checking about every 12 seconds.

Conflicts

Ohio State wrestling scandal — investigated, denied, never fully exorcised.
Oversight as content: hearings timed to fundraising emails.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: +68
Social: +70
Authoritarian: +41
Confidence: 94

Taxes & spending+74
Lower taxes, smaller fiscal footprint
Health care+62
Private insurance markets, fewer mandates
Climate & energy+70
Energy abundance, fewer climate mandates
Business regulation+70
Deregulation and lighter administrative state
Labor & wages+58
Flexible labor markets, right-to-work
Immigration+78
Tighter borders, more deportations
Abortion+72
Restrictions or bans, fetal personhood
Guns+78
Broad Second Amendment, fewer federal limits
Crime & policing+66
More policing, longer sentences, less bail reform
Schools & speech+66
Choice, against gender/DEI curricula
Defense & alliances+74
Hard power, high defense spending, deterrence
Civil liberties+58
Order, platform / campus / speech restrictions for security or morality

Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): 0.67

Compass

Auth · leftAuth · rightLib · leftLib · rightAuthoritarianLibertarianEconomic leftEconomic right

Sources

DW-NOMINATE
House record
Wealth and fundraising are modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit.
College, family, and résumé are public-record facts, not a campaign bio.