---
type: Person
title: "Hakeem S. Jeffries"
description: "U.S. House of Representatives - NY-8 — Congressional District 8"
role: "U.S. House of Representatives - NY-8"
party: "D"
level: "federal"
branch: "legislative"
state: "NY"
district: "Congressional District 8"
represents: "us/states/ny/districts/08"
leadership:
  - role: "House Minority Leader"
    body: "H"
    since: "2025-01-03"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-03"
  current: true
election:
  next: 2026
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "none"
ids:
  person: "6f6ebc8f-7349-4947-ae51-60ef0d031bb7"
  office: "5c8e2c20-b2f1-4b67-a929-e9bc00db296e"
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  bioguide: "J000294"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "House Clerk XML 2026-06-10"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Census 119th CD 500k"
  - field: roles
    source: "congress-legislators (unitedstates project)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, federal, legislative, ny]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Hakeem S. Jeffries

Current U.S. House of Representatives - NY-8 (Congressional District 8).

Represents [Congressional District 8](/us/states/ny/districts/08.md).

## Leadership

- House Minority Leader (since 2025-01-03)

## Sources

- tenure: House Clerk XML 2026-06-10
- jurisdiction: Census 119th CD 500k
- roles: congress-legislators (unitedstates project)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).