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What did Jim Jordan do before serving in the U.S. House of Representatives?

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Before entering Congress, Jim Jordan was a successful wrestler, a wrestling coach, and a state legislator in Ohio. He won four Ohio high-school wrestling championships and twice became an NCAA Division I wrestling champion at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Jordan coached wrestling at The Ohio State University from 1987 to 1995. He was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1994 and later served in the Ohio Senate after winning election in 2000.