{"id":2370715,"date":"2024-11-19T10:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T15:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hakeem-jeffries-wins-reelection-as-house-democrats-leader-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-19T10:27:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T15:27:19","slug":"hakeem-jeffries-wins-reelection-as-house-democrats-leader-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hakeem-jeffries-wins-reelection-as-house-democrats-leader-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Hakeem Jeffries wins reelection as House Democrats&#8217; leader &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhakeem-jeffries-wins-reelection-as-house-democrats-leader-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2370715&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Hakeem Jeffries has been reelected as\u200b the leader of \u2062the House Democrats \u200camid significant challenges following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-would-accept-2024-election-results-if-its-an-honest-election\/\" title=\"Trump will accept 2024 election results if it&#039;s honest.\">2024 election results<\/a>, where the Republican \u2063Party gained \u2062control of the Senate, the White\u2062 House, and\u2062 maintained\u200b a slender majority in the House. Despite these setbacks, \u200cJeffries noted that House Democrats achieved personal victories by retaining a majority of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-poll-shows-biden-and-democrats-cratering-out-of-touch-condescending\/\" title=\"New Poll Shows Biden and Democrats Cratering, \u201cOut of Touch,\u201d \u201cCondescending\u201d\">battleground seats<\/a> and flipping several key districts in New York. The party now faces the task \u2062of leading from the minority, with Jeffries acknowledging the Democratic loss but expressing a commitment\u2064 to continue\u200b representing the party effectively. If the Democrats had secured the majority, he would have been positioned to become the first Black Speaker of the House. As the elections conclude, Jeffries remains optimistic \u200cyet aware of the obstacles ahead in a landscape dominated by GOP leadership.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Hakeem Jeffries reelected as Democrats&rsquo; leader and contends with GOP total control<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1885058\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hakeem-jeffries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-NY) won reelection to serve as the Democrats&rsquo; top leader in the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-of-representatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">House<\/a> on Tuesday, with no contenders but an overarching challenge to lead the party in the minority.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">2024 election<\/a> yielded disappointing results for the party as a whole, with Republicans flipping the Senate and the White House and maintaining control of the House. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">House Democrats<\/a>, as a coalition, have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hakeem-jeffries-wins-reelection-as-house-democrats-leader\/\" title=\"Hakeem Jeffries wins reelection as House Democrats&#039; leader\">highlighted personal victories<\/a> in keeping a majority of battleground seats blue, as well as flipping a few <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/larry-elder-will-not-run-for-ca-governor-in-2022-launches-elder-for-america-pac-to-help-gop-take-back-congress\/\" title=\"Larry Elder Will Not Run For CA Governor In 2022, Launches \u2018Elder For America PAC\u2019 To Help GOP Take Back Congress\">key seats<\/a> in New York to keep the Republicans&rsquo; majority razor-thin.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries conceded the majority to the GOP last week with five seats remaining that are too close to call by the <em>Associated Press<\/em>. With the Democrats remaining in the minority, the slate of top leaders was expected to remain the same. If the Democrats had taken the majority, Jeffries was en route to becoming the chamber&rsquo;s first black speaker.<\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of the 2024 election, the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">newly reelected minority leader expressed similar sentiments<\/a> to that of his colleagues: that the party needs to take this time to reflect and revamp messaging to reach the public better after Democrats struggled to convince swing and independent voters.<\/p>\n<p>Waiting in the wings and over Jeffries&rsquo;s shoulder is former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who many believe was instrumental in pushing President Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race and make way for a new candidate, who would eventually be Vice President Kamala Harris. Pelosi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3230330\/nancy-pelosi-paperwork-2026-reelection-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"filed paperwork\">filed paperwork<\/a> to run for reelection in 2026 and has not faded into the background despite stepping down from leadership.<\/p>\n<p>With Harris&rsquo;s loss to President-elect Donald Trump, some Democrats have blamed Pelosi, while the former speaker has criticized Biden for not dropping out sooner.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Jeffries, Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar (D-CA) also won reelection to his position.<\/p>\n<p><em>This story is breaking and will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1885058\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1885058\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hakeem Jeffries reelected as House Democrats&#8217; leader amid GOP control<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2370716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Jeffries-post-2024-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32854,33723,8313],"class_list":["post-2370715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-hakeem-jeffries","tag-house-democrats","tag-reelection"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Jeffries-post-2024-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2370715"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2370719,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370715\/revisions\/2370719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2370716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2370715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2370715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2370715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}