Hakeem Jeffries

He has represented New York's 8th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2013 and has led the House Democrats as Minority Leader since January 2023. He is named in the Presidential Election Winner 2028 race, due on 7 November 2028, as a possible contender.

Career

Jeffries served in the New York State Assembly for the 57th district from 2007 to 2012. He has sat in the U.S. House of Representatives for New York's 8th district since 2013, chaired the House Democratic Caucus from 2019 to 2023, and has been House Minority Leader since 3 January 2023, the first African American to lead a party caucus in either chamber of Congress.

Positions

Wikipedia reports that Jeffries calls himself a Black progressive Democrat and distinguishes himself from democratic socialists. He supports criminal justice reform, gun control, abortion rights and LGBTQ protections, and was a key sponsor of the First Step Act signed in 2018. He is described as one of the most pro-Israel Democrats in the House. In July 2025 he gave a floor speech of more than eight hours against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

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