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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 21, 2023 · Unanimously elected minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries is the first Black lawmaker and the youngest member to lead a party in Congress. His political clout...
CONGRESSMAN HAKEEM JEFFRIES. Hakeem Jeffries represents the diverse Eighth Congressional District of New York and is serving his sixth term in the United States Congress. Rep. Jeffries is the Democratic Leader, having been unanimously elected to that position by his colleagues in November 2022.
Mar 27, 2023 · Call it the dual education of Hakeem Jeffries, a charismatic and enigmatic son of both Brooklyn and Big Law, who was shaped as much by hip-hop and the Black Baptist church as by the offices of...
May 11, 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 .
Jan 3, 2023 · Shuran Huang for The New York Times. By Nicholas Fandos. Jan. 3, 2023. House Democrats formally elevated Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York to be their leader on Tuesday, uniting around...
Nov 30, 2022 · 30 November 2022. By Sam Cabral,BBC News, Washington. Getty Images. US lawmaker Hakeem Jeffries has been unanimously elected to succeed Nancy Pelosi as the Democratic leader in the House of...
Nov 30, 2022 · Hakeem Jeffries makes history as 1st Black party leader in Congress - ABC News. State Results. Primary Schedule. Entrance/Exit Polls. Hakeem Jeffries makes history as 1st Black party leader in Congress. House Democrats elected him to succeed Nancy Pelosi. By Rachel Scott, Katherine Faulders, Lauren Peller, and Isabella Murray.
Nov 18, 2022 · Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York, formally announced his run for Democratic leader on Friday. He would be the first Black man to hold the top party leadership role in either...
Jan 4, 2023 · Washington CNN — Hakeem Jeffries made history as the first Black lawmaker to lead a party in Congress, addressing the 118th Congress for the first time in the early hours of Saturday morning.
