Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York will make one of his first, most consequential decisions as the incoming Democratic leader: hand-picking who will lead House Democrats’ campaign operation.
Link copiedWASHINGTON — Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York will make one of his first, most consequential decisions as the incoming Democratic leader: hand-picking who will lead House Democrats’ campaign operation next cycle to try to win back the majority in two short years.
“It’s all about winning. And when you have to make these really tough decisions, you don’t always make your colleagues happy. You’ve got to be really tough and thick-skinned,” said Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., who chaired the DCCC two cycles ago.The stakes are high for Jeffries and the party. Their better-than-expected midterm performance means the next DCCC chair will take over in a cycle when Democrats need to net only five seats to win back the majority and make Jeffries the likely speaker.
House Republicans last month elected Richard Hudson of North Carolina as their campaign chief for the 2024 cycle. But in the 2020 and 2022 cycles, Democrats elected two colleagues from battleground districts — Cheri Bustos of Illinois and Sean Patrick Maloney of New York — who had to rush back to their own districts late in the campaign to defend their seats while trying to run the larger campaign operation. Bustos survived her race for re-election in 2020, but, even as he was credited for helping his party limit losses and stave off a red wave in last month’s midterms.
“I don’t know anyone who’s searching for pain and trying to avoid pleasure. I don’t think people are lined up to fight for that position,” said Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., a close friend and ally of Jeffries. “There are places and districts around the country where we’re not reaching, where we’re not getting our message across," Crow said."There’s a lot of places in the Midwest and the Mountain West where I think we can win races and win elections.”Some top GOP targets, including moderate Rep.
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