House Democrats keep Jeffries, top leadership team in place

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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4997637-democrats-elect-leadership-team-jeffries/

House Democrats voted Tuesday to keep their top leadership team in place, voicing overwhelming confidence in Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and his top deputies exactly two weeks after a disappointing Election Day relegated them to the minority for another two years.

In a closed-door meeting in the Capitol basement, rank-and-file Democrats tapped Jeffries to remain the House minority leader, while voting to keep Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) as Democratic whip, Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) as caucus chair and Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) as the vice chair. They also voted in Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) as assistant Democratic leader.

The results were no surprise. All four leaders had risen to the top of the party in 2023, after former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her top deputies — Reps. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) — stepped out of power after almost two decades together at the helm. The shift marked a generational realignment that many in the caucus had been clamoring for, and the younger leaders are all popular figures who were expected to keep their leadership posts in the 119th Congress. None of them faced a challenger.
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[Autumn]

1. AOC should be in Jefferies place. IMO.