Profile research reviewed August 16, 2026
Hakeem Jeffries represents New York’s 8th Congressional District and is serving his seventh term in the House, according to his official House biography.
Open biography & office record ↓Biography & Current Office
Background & current office
Hakeem Jeffries represents New York’s 8th Congressional District and is serving his seventh term in the House, according to his official House biography.
His official House and Democratic Leader biographies identify him as the House Democratic Leader, a position to which House Democrats elected him in 2022 and again in 2024. The role makes him the highest-ranking Democrat in the chamber.
Jeffries’ official leadership biography also describes his prior service as House Democratic Caucus chair and Congressional Black Caucus whip. TrumpsMouth treats those roles as institutional background, not as evidence for or against any separate factual allegation.
Editorial research reviewed: August 16, 2026. Public-record fields continue to refresh independently from official chamber sources.
Public record
Current seat & contact information
- Chamber
- U.S. House of Representatives
- Representation
- New York · District 8
- Party
- Democratic
- Birth date
- August 4, 1970
- Washington phone
- (202) 225-5936
- Office
- 2267 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3208
Committees & Leadership
Current leadership and reviewed committee roles
Leadership / institutional roles
- House Democratic Leader — 118th and 119th Congresses
- Former Chair of the House Democratic Caucus
Recent Recorded Votes
Official recorded-vote record
TrumpsMouth keeps vote data in the public-record layer rather than treating a vote by itself as a factual controversy. Use the official chamber roll-call database to inspect current votes; claim-specific vote explanations are added only when a sourced allegation requires them.
Sponsored/Cosponsored & Curated Notable Legislation
Legislation & official congressional activity
No legislation has been promoted into the curated editorial layer for this member yet. That is intentional: TrumpsMouth does not manufacture a “notable bill” merely to fill a profile.
Use the official federal records below to review sponsored legislation, roll-call activity and current office statements. TrumpsMouth will add claim-specific vote explanations only when a particular vote or legislative action is actually part of a sourced claim.
Congress.gov member recordSponsored legislation and federal legislative activity ↗House roll-call votesOfficial Clerk vote database ↗Official office websiteStatements, releases and office information ↗Federal campaign financeFEC candidate/committee search ↗
Claims & Evidence
Evidence tracker
NOT RATEDNo automatic rating is assigned merely because this person holds office. Sourced claim reviews appear here when a specific, fact-checkable statement warrants one.