Jeffries' job grows more difficult in race for House and speaker's gavel
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries had warned Republicans they would come to regret the congressional redistricting fight, and when Democrats counterpunched last month with a redrawn Virginia map, he had made his point.
The net tally of seats gained and lost was essentially a wash.
“F— around and find out,” said Jeffries after the election victory.
But in a matter of days, the race for control of the House — and the speaker’s gavel — was dramatically reset by back-to-back court rulings that wiped out the Democratic gains in Virginia and now threaten to erode Black representation by Democrats in the Deep South.
https://apnews.com/article/jeffries-democrats-republicans-house-control-speaker-midterms-9e2fc4fe99c4dd3db0f0a6996722860b
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