The Ballot Brief › New York › Hakeem Jeffries
Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York · 2026 · IncumbentJeffries clerked for U.S. District Judge Harold Baer Jr. and practiced law at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and at Godosky & Gentile before serving as in-house counsel at Viacom and CBS, per the official House biography. He served six years in the New York State Assembly, where he authored legislation on affordable housing, civil liberties and reform of the NYPD's stop-and-frisk practices, per the official House biography.
Priorities
- Lowering costs for families and individuals, per the campaign site
- Promoting safer communities, per the campaign site
- Protecting and expanding access to healthcare, per the campaign site
Key voting record
- Voted no on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Opposed
- Voted no on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Opposed
- Voted no on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Opposed
- Voted no on the November 2025 funding agreement that ended the government shutdown, which passed the House 222-209 in November 2025. Opposed
- Voted no on the September 2025 stopgap funding bill, which passed the House 217-212 in September 2025. Opposed
- Voted no on the March 2025 full-year stopgap funding bill, which passed the House 217-213 in March 2025. Opposed
On the ballot
U.S. House, NY-8 · New York · 2026
How we source this
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