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U.S. Representative · New York 8th District
Hakeem S. Jeffries
DemocratDistrict D+24119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score27#337 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Hakeem S. Jeffries’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2267 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3208
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 2 signals
- WeakBroke with Democrats on 6 of 357 recorded votes on tracked billsVoted against the majority of House Democrats on 6 of the 357 recorded yea/nay votes they cast on tracked bills (2%). The median House Democratic broke on 4%; this member ranks 199 of 214 by break rate.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 139 Sunshine Protection Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 5625 Cashless Bail Reporting Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1346 To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.Con.Res. 58 Denouncing the horrors of socialism.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 1582 GENIUS Act
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 13.8 years
Committees
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Voting ideology
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Jeffries← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.483 is 0.09 to the left of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress0House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 701–750 of 1962 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. 236A bill to amend the Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the "Long-Term Leasing Act"), to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land in the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation and land held in trust for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), and for other purposes.Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 28 | Entrenched |