After a blue tidal wave swept them from power, House Republicans elected a new GOP leader Tuesday to replace outgoing Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.

Axar.az reports, citing NBC News, that House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio, defeated Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana, a close Johnson ally, for minority leader, two Republican lawmakers said. The vote was held by secret ballot behind closed doors.

The vote was 106-73, the two lawmakers in the room said.

“Over the next two years, House Republicans will fight for American families,” Jordan told reporters after his victory. “When Democrats offer more government, we’ll offer more freedom, and we will bring that fight in committee, on the floor and on the stump every single day.”