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  Jeffries, Hakeem
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AffiliationDemocratic  
<-  2021-01-01  
 
NameHakeem Jeffries
Address35 Underhill Avenue A-2A
Brooklyn, New York 11238, United States
EmailNone
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Born August 04, 1970 (53 years)
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Nov 15, 2023 09:59am
Tags Black - Married - Baptist - Straight -
InfoHakeem Jeffries was born in Brooklyn Hospital, and raised by his parents in Crown Heights along with his younger brother. He is a product of the public school system, graduating from Midwood High School in 1988 and an active member of Cornerstone Baptist Church.

He received his bachelor’s degree in political science from the State University of New York, graduating with honors for outstanding academic performance in 1992. Hakeem then attended graduate school at Georgetown University, where he obtained his Master’s Degree in Public Policy in 1994. While at Georgetown University, he also worked in the administration of Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly.

After leaving Georgetown, Hakeem attended law school at New York University, where he was a member of the law review. He graduated magna cum laude from NYU law school in 1997, finishing in the top 10 percent of his class and delivering the commencement speech at graduation. In 1998, he clerked for the Honorable Harold Baer, Jr. in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Thereafter, Hakeem worked as an associate in the litigation department of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, an internationally renowned law firm, where he practiced law between February 1999 and December 2003. Currently, Hakeem serves as litigation counsel at a major media and entertainment company, working on a wide range of issues, including First Amendment and commercial law.

Hakeem remains actively involved in his community, presently serving as a member of the 77th Precinct Community Council. He is a former civil rights/civil liberties instructor at the Crown Heights Youth Collective and continues to provide pro bono legal advice to neighborhood community groups, most recently in support of anti-displacement efforts in Central Brooklyn.

He lives in Prospect Heights with his wife Kennisandra, a social worker, and their sons, Jeremiah, 5, and Joshua, age two.


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  06/25/2024 NY District 08 - D Primary ???
  10/25/2023 US House Speaker Lost 48.72% (-2.56%)
  10/20/2023 US House Speaker Lost 48.95% (+48.95%)
  01/06/2023 US House Speaker Lost 48.85% (-0.92%)
  11/30/2022 US House Minority Leader Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/08/2022 NY District 08 Won 71.63% (+43.39%)
  08/23/2022 NY District 08 - D Primary Won 86.65% (+73.92%)
  01/03/2021 US House Speaker Lost 0.23% (-50.00%)
  11/18/2020 US House Democratic Caucus Chair Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/03/2020 NY District 08 Won 84.76% (+69.61%)
  11/28/2018 Democratic Caucus Chair Won 52.12% (+4.24%)
  11/06/2018 NY District 08 Won 94.16% (+88.94%)
  12/05/2016 House DPCC Co-Chairs Won 33.33% (+0.00%)
  11/08/2016 NY District 08 Won 93.22% (+86.53%)
  11/04/2014 NY District 08 Won 91.97% (+84.03%)
  11/06/2012 NY District 8 Won 90.12% (+81.48%)
  06/26/2012 NY District 8 - D Primary Won 71.56% (+43.39%)
  11/02/2010 NY Assembly 57 Won 97.51% (+95.06%)
  11/04/2008 NY Assembly 57 Won 98.04% (+96.07%)
  11/07/2006 NY Assembly 57 Won 96.96% (+93.92%)
  09/12/2006 NY Assembly 57- D Primary Won 64.08% (+39.36%)
  09/10/2002 NY Assembly 57 - D Primary Lost 37.88% (-24.23%)
  11/07/2000 NY Assembly 57 Lost 7.20% (-82.93%)
  09/12/2000 NY Assembly 57 - D Primary Lost 40.87% (-18.26%)
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  06/28/2022 NY Governor - D Primary Lost 0.00% (-67.36%)
  11/18/2020 US House Speaker - D Caucus Vote Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)
  01/03/2019 US House Speaker Lost 0.00% (-50.81%)
  11/28/2018 Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Lost 0.00% (-61.54%)
  09/12/2017 NYC Mayor - D Primary Lost 0.00% (-74.00%)
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MD US Senate - D Primary - May 14, 2024 D David Trone
PA District 12 - D Primary - Apr 23, 2024 D Summer L. Lee
TX District 07 - D Primary - Mar 05, 2024 D Lizzie Pannill Fletcher
NY District 12 - D Primary - Aug 23, 2022 D Carolyn B. Maloney
NY Governor - D Primary - Jun 28, 2022 D Kathy Hochul
NYC Council 35 - D Primary - Jun 22, 2021 D Crystal Hudson
NYC Council 42 - D Primary - Jun 22, 2021 D Nikki Lucas
NYC Council 47 - D Primary - Jun 22, 2021 R Ari Kagan
NYC Council 46 - D Primary - Jun 22, 2021 D Gardy Brazela
NYC Mayor - D Primary - Jun 22, 2021 D Maya D. Wiley
MA US Senate - D Primary - Sep 01, 2020 D Joseph P. Kennedy, III
NJ District 05 - D Primary - Jul 07, 2020 D Josh Gottheimer
NY District 16 - D Primary - Jun 23, 2020 D Eliot L. Engel
VA District 05 - D Primary - Jun 23, 2020 D B. Cameron Webb
Westchester County District Attorney - D Primary - Jun 23, 2020 D Mimi Rocah
Queens Borough President - Special D Primary - Jun 23, 2020 D Donovan J. Richards, Jr.
DNC Party Chair - Feb 25, 2017 D Keith M. Ellison
NY US President - D Primary - Apr 19, 2016 D Hillary Clinton
NYC Mayor - D Primary - Sep 10, 2013 D William C. "Bill" Thompson, Jr.
NY Assembly 57 - D Primary - Sep 13, 2012 D Walter T. Mosley, III
NYC Public Advocate - D Runoff - Sep 29, 2009 D Bill de Blasio
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