House Democrats will elect their new leadership team on Wednesday morning, ushering in a younger generation of leaders after Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Hoyer decided to step aside after Democrats narrowly lost the majority this month.
to Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., 52, who is running unopposed for minority leader and will make history as the first Black lawmaker to lead a political party’s caucus in either chamber.
Rounding out the trio of new leaders is Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., 43, a Congressional Hispanic Caucus member and former mayor who is running unopposed for Democratic Caucus chairman — the role Jeffries has held for the past four years.The election of Jeffries, Clark and Aguilar represents a changing of the guard for House Democrats who have seen the powerful triumvirate of Pelosi, Hoyer, D-Md., 83, and Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., 82, occupy top leadership posts for the past two decades.
Others, including Steve Israel of New York, who led both House Democrats' campaign arm and communications shop, opted for retirement. “Speaker Nancy Pelosi will go down as one of the greatest legislative leaders in American history,” said the Steering Committee Co-Chairs Eric Swalwell, Barbara Lee and Cheri Bustos. "By granting Speaker Pelosi this honorific title, we proudly celebrate her marble-ceiling-smashing and legendary public service.”
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