{"id":34395,"date":"2024-11-06T03:01:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T09:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=34395"},"modified":"2024-11-06T03:02:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T09:02:08","slug":"jeffries-skates-to-seventh-house-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=34395","title":{"rendered":"Jeffries skates to seventh House term"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries\u2002<\/u><\/a>(D-N.Y.) skated to victory in New York City on Tuesday, Decision Desk HQ projects, easily beating back a symbolic challenge from Republican John Delaney in a race that was never a contest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The big question surrounding Jeffries this cycle was never whether he\u2019d win a seventh term, but whether the Democrats will flip control of the lower chamber and put him in position to become the first Black Speaker in the history of the country \u2014 a question that remains unanswered Tuesday evening as dozens of battleground races across the map have yet to be called<\/u><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeffries\u2019s ascent within the party has been meteoric since he arrived on Capitol Hill in 2013. Within six years, he rose to become chair of the House Democratic Caucus, defeating the more senior Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) in a race that marked a symbolic step in the generational shift among the party\u2019s top brass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four years later, Jeffries jumped into the top leadership spot, replacing former Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2002<\/u><\/a>(D-Calif.), who stepped out of power after two decades as the chief House Democrat. It was a monumental shift, and Pelosi \u2014 who made history by becoming the first female Speaker in U.S. history \u2014 greased the skids for Jeffries to succeed her, jumping over more senior Democrats in the process. In that leap, he made history himself, becoming the first Black lawmaker to lead either party in Congress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeffries\u2019s leadership style has been consistent. He is quick to reach out to GOP leaders in search of bipartisan compromise across a spectrum of issues. He\u2019s also been a fierce advocate of civil rights and economic justice \u2014 one who\u2019s more than willing to battle with Republicans when differences emerge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He\u2019s also been among Trump\u2019s most vocal critics. Jeffries was one of the seven Democrats chosen by Pelosi to manage Trump\u2019s first impeachment, which charged the 45th president of leveraging U.S. military aid to pressure a foreign leader to investigate political rivals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, those criticisms have gotten only louder. And Jeffries has been scathing in denouncing both Trump and his GOP allies in the Capitol for threatening the country\u2019s foundational democratic traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Democrats do flip the House on Tuesday night, Jeffries is in a position to take much of the credit. He\u2019s been a prodigious fundraiser throughout the cycle, raising tens of millions of dollars for the party, and a tireless campaigner, stumping in battleground districts from coast to coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thehill<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries\u2002(D-N.Y.) skated to victory in New York City on Tuesday, Decision Desk HQ projects, easily beating back a symbolic challenge from Republican John Delaney in a race that was never a contest.  The big question surrounding Jeffries this cycle was never whether he\u2019d win a seventh term, but whether the Democrats will flip control […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":34396,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1637,1901,31107,2927,8944],"class_list":["post-34395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-campaign","tag-congressman","tag-hakeem-jeffries","tag-new-york-city","tag-win"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34395"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34397,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34395\/revisions\/34397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}