WASHINGTON - Mr Hakeem Jeffries was unanimously elected on Wednesday to become the Democratic Party’s top leader in the US House of Representatives beginning in January, making him the first Black American to hold such a high-ranking position in Congress.
Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he was not surprised that Mr Jeffries, a fellow Brooklynite, was chosen. Also elected as part of Jeffries’ team are Representative Katherine Clark, 59, of Massachusetts, who won the No. 2 Democratic job, a post known as “whip”. Californian Pete Aguilar, 43, and a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, was elected to Mr Jeffries’ current job of Democratic caucus chairman.
The leadership change for Democrats comes as Republicans are set to take majority control - by a slim margin - of the House as a result of the Nov 8 midterm elections. The three House Democratic leadership jobs have been held for two decades by Ms Pelosi, 82, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, 83, and Majority Whip James Clyburn, 82.
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