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Hakeem Jeffries

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Hakeem Jeffries is a Democratic candidate for U.S. House in NY-08 in the 2026 election and the incumbent.

American politician (born 1970)

IncumbentU.S. House — NY-08DemocraticRunning nowVugol ID VM-WVE-JFZ3 FEC H2NY10092

Running for U.S. House, NY-08, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/hakeem-jeffries

Roster source: FEC filing (2026-08-26)

Hakeem Jeffries — Headshot
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Hakeem Jeffries — Portrait
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Hakeem Jeffries — On the trail
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Hakeem Jeffries — Illustration · Vugol.me
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  • 2026 · U.S. House, NY-08 · General · Democratic · on the ballot · incumbent
  • 2024 · U.S. House, NY-08 · General · Democratic · result not on file · incumbent · source
  • 2022 · U.S. House, NY-08 · General · Democratic · won · 99,079 votes (71.6%) · incumbent · source
  • 2020 · U.S. House, NY-08 · General · Democratic · won · 234,933 votes (84.8%) · incumbent · source
  • 2018 · U.S. House, NY-08 · General · Democratic · won · 180,376 votes (94.1%) · source

Background

Hakeem Sekou Jeffries 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.

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A member of the Democratic Party, Jeffries has served since 2023 as the leader of the House Democratic Caucus and House minority leader.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-06 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakeem_Jeffries

In the news

  • Leadership barnstorming continues ahead of midterm electionsRoll Call · Oct 19
  • Homan says Ilhan Omar could be stripped of naturalization, deported if immigration fraud is provenNew York Post · Oct 18
  • House Speaker Mike Johnson draws on faith as he fights to hold the Republican majorityABC News · Oct 17
  • Ilhan Omar should be jailed, deported if citizenship fraud proven, Top House Republican saysFox News · Oct 17
  • New York Democrats want parking lot owners to ban ICE from their propertiesABC News · Oct 16
  • Democrats plan investigations, inflation relief if they reclaim CongressChristian Science Monitor · Oct 15
  • House Democrats plan a first 100-days agenda if they sweep to power in midterm electionsABC News · Oct 14
  • Democrats' fury over Ilhan Omar raid draws stinging GOP reminder about raid from the past: ‘Set the precedent’Fox News · Oct 13

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Campaign finance

$17,526,400total raised (2026 cycle)
$18,084,904total spent (2026 cycle)
$4,396,060cash on hand (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-09-30 · Source: FEC

Website and social

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Sources

  • Official portrait — public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
  • Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-06 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakeem_Jeffries
  • Website and social links — Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5640425
  • Official social accounts — congress-legislators dataset (unitedstates project)
  • Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H2NY10092/
  • photo_full_body — https://jeffries.house.gov/about/
  • photo_action — http://jeffries.house.gov
  • photo_headshot — http://jeffries.house.gov

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