U.S. Representative · D-New York-8

Jeffries, Hakeem S.

Hakeem Jeffries has represented New York's 8th congressional district, centered in Brooklyn, since 2013 and currently serves as House Minority Leader and leader of the House Democratic Caucus—a historic position he assumed in 2023 as the first African American to lead a party in either chamber of Congress. Before hi…

Chamber

U.S. Representative

Party

Democratic

State

New York

District

8