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Hakeem Sekou Jeffries (/ ˌ h ɑː ˈ k iː m / hah-KEEM; born August 4, 1970) is an American politician and attorney who has served as House Minority Leader and Leader of the House Democratic Caucus since 2023.
Jun 20, 2023 · The incumbent had reason to be angry; few people in the district were aware that the long-serving Assembly member was Muslim: “It was an interesting piece of news that only a handful of people in...
Nov 30, 2022 · New York Representative Hakeem Jeffries will become the top Democrat in the House of Representatives—and the first Black lawmaker to lead either party on Capitol Hill—when the new Congress is sworn in next year.
Feb 28, 2024 · Hakeem Jeffries’ Black Baptist upbringing has shaped his role as House minority leader. Jeffries, a liberal Democrat, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, a conservative Republican, recently took turns reading Scripture at the National Prayer Breakfast.
Mar 27, 2023 · As the political representative for the Black student group that invited the professor to the upstate New York campus, Mr. Jeffries, a 21-year-old college senior with a flattop and a dashiki, had...
Jun 21, 2023 · U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is the youngest and first person of color in the role. Read about his education, career, religion, wife, and more.
Jan 17, 2024 · Beyond their upbringing in the Black community in Brooklyn, there’s no connection, Mr. Jeffrey said. His father was Muslim and liked the name Hakim. But he doesn’t mind the comparisons.
Jun 28, 2024 · Hakeem Jeffries (born August 4, 1970, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.) is an American Democratic politician who serves in the U.S. House of Representatives (2013– ). The House minority leader from 2023, Jeffries is the first Black person to lead a major party in either house of Congress.
Jun 27, 2024 · NEW YORK — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries endorsed Rep. Jamaal Bowman, donated to his campaign — and otherwise kind of phoned it in. Jeffries, who represents a Brooklyn-based district ...
Jan 3, 2023 · Fifty years later, in the final weeks of 2022, one data point suggested the remain-and-influence strategy had its merits: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat from New York, was elected the first Black...
