[5] Edwards defeated Jordan to succeed Representative Regina Barrow, who in turn followed Sharon Weston Broome in the Louisiana State Senate.

Gary Chambers of The Rouge Collection wrote that Jordan answered questions in a public forum while Edwards did not make an appearance.

Eliminated in the primary were Tyra Banks Sterling, who had been Edwards' former legislative assistant, attorney Victor Woods, Jr., and Albert White, occupation not available.

"[4] Governor John Bel Edwards called to congratulate his fellow Democrat on learning of Jordan's election to the state House.

[9] Jordan has acted as an attorney and spokesman for the family of Alton Sterling, a black man who was shot several times at close range while held down on the ground by two white police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.