Cedric Asuega Gates defeated incumbent Jo Jordan in the Hawaii House of Representatives District 44 Democratic primary.

For the 2011 and 2012 sessions, Jordan sat on five committees in the House of Representatives: Human Services, Culture and the Arts, Finance, Hawaiian Affairs, and Health.

She has interviewed state representatives such as Sharon Har, Linda Ichiyama, and Marcus Oshiro; community members such as education reform activist Mark Dannog and harbormaster William Aila; and representatives from organizations such as Kamehameha Schools and Ordnance Reef.

[6] In August 2011, Jordan expressed opposition to extending the life of Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill on the grounds that the deadline did not give sufficient time for the community to express their opinions and that the community had been accepting Oahu's trash for the past twenty years.

Jordan urged the City and County of Honolulu's Department of Planning and Permitting to "seriously consider other sites outside of the Leeward Coast.