Nancy Pelosi announced she will not seek reelection as leader of the House Democrats, so who will replace her? Here's a look at possible successors.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she will not seek a leadership position in the new Congress.said Thursday that she will not seek reelection as leader of the House Democrats at the start of the next Congress, when fellow California Rep. Kevin McCarthy succeeds her as speaker and Republicans take the majority.
Hoyer and Clyburn, too, have been in leadership for more than a decade each. Both of them said Thursday that they would support New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, chair of the House Democratic Caucus, to be the next leader. A 52-year-old descendant of enslaved people, Jeffries could be a potential history-maker himself if Democrats retake the House in future cycles: He would be the first Black speaker.
"I'm a Black progressive Democrat concerned with addressing racial and social and economic injustice with the fierce urgency of now. That's been my career, that's been my journey and it will continue to be as I move forward for however long I have an opportunity to serve. There will never be a moment where I bend the knee to hard-left democratic socialism," he told The Atlantic last year.
"I think there is something about women's leadership styles that are built on listening, building consensus and listening not just to people -- our constituents -- but also to my colleagues that come from different districts, have different concerns, different pressures than I do," Clark told Axios last year.At 43, Aguilar would be the youngest member of the expected Democratic triumvirate.
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