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New York's 8th congressional district for the U.S. House of Representatives is in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is currently represented by Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the House Minority Leader. From 1993 to 2013, the district covered much of the west side of Manhattan, and western coastal
Hakeem Sekou Jeffries (/ ˌ h ɑː ˈ k iː m / hah-KEEM; born August 4, 1970 [2]) is an American politician and attorney who has served as House minority leader and Leader of the House Democratic Caucus since 2023.
In 2006 he was narrowly defeated by Edolphus Towns in the Democratic Party primary for the U.S. House of Representatives (10th Congressional District). [1] He ran again in the Democratic primary for New York's 8th congressional district, which was being vacated by Towns, but lost to State Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, 28% to 72%. [2]
However, a Newsday/Siena College survey released days earlier showed Gillen with a staggering 12-point lead in the district, ... and House Minority Leader and Brooklyn Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, said ...
Democrat Hakeem Jeffries could be poised to wield more power than a minority leader typically enjoys in the U.S. House of Representatives, with President-elect Donald Trump's fractious Republicans ...
Two very different futures await Hakeem Jeffries in January.. In one, the New York Democrat is sitting in the Oval Office with a woman he first met when she was a district attorney and he was a ...
The incumbent speaker, Republican Mike Johnson of Louisiana, was re-elected on the first ballot, defeating Hakeem Jeffries with a slim 218–215 majority. Johnson, who had replaced Kevin McCarthy in October 2023 after McCarthy was removed from the position , was initially expected to lose on the first ballot, as several Republican congressmen ...
House Democratic Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, ... Kaptur draws House Democratic Leader Jeffries to 9th District. Gannett. Roger LaPointe, Fremont News-Messenger. March 22, 2024 at 5:26 AM.