Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a 52-year-old New Yorker, is running to replace House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the leadership ranks.
With and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer forgoing leadership roles in the next Congress, members of a « new generation » of House Democrats are stepping up to the plate, as Pelosi put it. Rep. Jim Clyburn has also indicated he’s stepping aside from his position as whip, but may remain in leadership.
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a 52-year-old New Yorker, is seeking the top position in House Democratic leadership as . No one else has of yet formally announced any plans to run against Jeffries, who has been considered a frontrunner for the post in the event of Pelosi’s departure. Jeffries, currently the fourth-ranking Democrat in the House, would be the first Black House Democratic leader.
