After graduation from the Ohio State University, Jordan served two terms as a Delaware County commissioner and worked for Rep. Joan Lawrence and as a legislative aide to Rep. Jon Peterson.

The election race put Jordan against former Representative Thom Collier and Knox County GOP Party Chairman Lou Petros.

Subsequently, Senate President Tom Niehaus appointed him to the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review, and the standing committees on Government Oversight and Reform, including Health, Human Services and Aging, Highways and Transportation, Insurance, Commerce and Labor, Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources, and State and Local Government and Veteran's Affairs (as Chairman).

[10] Jordan was a proponent of fracking in state parks due to the potential benefits it could bring to solving Ohio's budgetary problems.

[13] In July 2011, Jordan was investigated for fourth degree domestic violence after an altercation with his wife in which she called 911 for help.

[14] Jordan told the Delaware County sheriff's deputies who responded to the call that his wife "got a little upset … girls do that.