Jim Daniel Jordan (R)
About The Candidate
- Office Sought: Representative, Ohio (4)
- Birth Date: Feb. 17, 1964
- Occupation: Legislator
- Religion: Christian
- Web site: http://jimjordanforcongress.com
Education
- Capital University, JD
- Ohio State University, MA
- University of Wisconsin, BA
Jim Jordan was born in 1964 in Troy, Ohio. He lives in Urbana.
He received a degree in economics from the University of Wisconsin, where he was a two-time NCAA wrestling champion. He earned a master's degree in education from Ohio State University and a law degree from Capital University. He was an assistant wrestling coach at Ohio State when he decided to enter politics.
He was elected to the Ohio House in 1994 and the Ohio Senate in 2000.
Jordan and his wife, Polly, have four children.
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