Residents of Jordan’s Ohio Hometown Support His House Speaker Bid

The self-described ‘hick from Champaign County’ is lauded for his work ethic and refusal to back down to Democrats.

Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) speaks during John Durhamís testimony in Congress in Washington on June 21, 2023.Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

ST. PARIS, Ohio—It’s October 2023 on the calendar in this western Ohio village of 1,900, but the scenes along the streets reflect a mix between a Norman Rockwell painting and a clone of Andy Griffith’s Mayberry.

Here, residents frequent independent small businesses in historic buildings downtown where American flags hang over the sidewalks. They get their prescriptions filled at St. Paris Pharmacy, their power tools at St. Paris Hardware, their couches and carpet at Thornton’s, and their coffee at Little Birds Café, where the talk on an early October morning focused on the village’s mayoral race and news out of Washington that the community’s favorite son could become speaker of the House.