Jeffries, Hakeem
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Hakeem Sekou Jeffries ( hah-KEEM; born August 4, 1970) is an American politician and attorney serving since 2013 as the U.S. representative for New York's 8th congressional district. From 2007 to 2012, he represented the 57th district in the New York State Assembly. A member of the Democratic Party, Jeffries has served since 2023 as the leader of the House Democratic Caucus and House minority leader. Jeffries was born in the New York City borough of Brooklyn and raised in the Crown Heights neighborhood. He attended law school at New York University, graduating with honors and becoming a corporate lawyer before running for elected office. Both his state assembly district and congressional district are anchored in Brooklyn. In Congress, Jeffries chaired the House Democratic Caucus from 2019 to 2023. The members of the caucus unanimously elected him to succeed Nancy Pelosi as leader in November 2022. This made him the first African American to lead a party in either chamber of the United States Congress.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Representative
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Jeffries, Hakeem
- First name
- Hakeem
- Last name
- Jeffries
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- New York 8th Congressional District — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 DEM C
- New York 8th Congressional District — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 DEM C
- New York 8th Congressional District — 2022 General Election 2022-11-08 DEM C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2026 cycle
- Coverage
- 2025-01-01 to 2026-12-31
- Source
- Derived from itemized transactions
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $14,899,980.61
- Total disbursements
- $14,854,085.60
- Cash on hand
- Not available
- Net self-funded
- Not available
- Debts owed by the committee
- Not available
Receipt components disclose $14,899,980.61 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle.
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Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
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FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:H2NY10092
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H2NY10092
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:H2NY10092
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: house:J000294
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H2NY10092:2024
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H2NY10092:2026
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H2NY10092:2022
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- J000294
- fec_candidate_id
- H2NY10092
- fec_candidate_ids
- H2NY10092
- govtrack_id
- 412561
- wikidata_id
- Q5640425