When UNC computer science professor Kris Jordan was scrolling through the computer programming memes on his Twitter feed, he did not expect to discover a state senator from Ohio boosting his page views.
As soon as he saw the senator’s name, Jordan chuckled. Kris Jordan, the professor, had stumbled upon Kris Jordan, the senator.
In an email to supporters, Kris Jordan, a state senator running for the 67th District in the Ohio House of Representatives, included a link to the computer science professor’s Twitter: @KrisJordan.
Jordan said the Senator has been on his radar since he was first elected.
“I’ve been in sort of a page rank battle with him on Google as to who shows up first for 'Kris Jordan,'” he said. “I’m very sad to be losing the Wikipedia battle with him, so if there are any UNC students that want to remedy that, that’d be great.”
As of Tuesday night, any new subscriber to Sen. Jordan’s campaign list received a welcome email that said, “You can also follow me on social media at…” followed by links to inaccurate Facebook and Twitter pages.
Republican Sen. Kris Jordan was first elected to the Ohio State Senate in 2010 and has been an advocate against abortion and a proponent of Second Amendment issues during his tenure.
The Senator from Delaware, Ohio, is barred from running for re-election in the Ohio Senate because of term limits, but he is looking to continue his political career by running for the Ohio House of Representatives this fall.
Sen. Jordan could have been charged with assault, domestic violence and disorderly conduct in 2011 after his wife, Melissa Jordan, told Delaware City Police that he was pushing her around and throwing things. His wife later asked prosecutors not to press charges.
