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Why it matters: Democrats' landslide win will make it much
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Jeffries is on track to enjoy a majority of dozens of votes, with the New York Times projecting Democrats to win as many as 256 seats to Republicans' 178.
Key facts
- Jeffries is on track to enjoy a majority of dozens of votes, with the New York Times projecting Democrats to win as many as 256 seats to Republicans' 178
- Progressives, particularly "The Bloc," a group made up of hard-charging leftists like Darializa Avila Chevalier and Adam Hamawy, had hoped to use a small majority to extract concessions from Jeffries
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is set to preside over a commanding Democratic majority after his party swept districts President Trump carried by double digits
- Stanton noted that most of the incoming Democrats who won in purple and red districts were endorsed by the New Dems
Summary
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is set to preside over a commanding Democratic majority after his party swept districts President Trump carried by double digits. Democrats' landslide win will make it much, much easier for the likely next speaker to secure the gavel without a sweat and ignore the demands of his progressive wing. Greg Stanton (D-Ariz.), a leader of the center-left New Democrat Coalition, told Axios Tuesday night that Jeffries "now has the space to utilize his full talents as speaker. The size of Democrats' victory, Stanton said, "allows him to govern without worrying about being leveraged by anyone.