Democrats to determine leaders after disappointing election
By Scott Wong and Mike Lillis - 11/18/20 06:00 AM EST
House Democrats on Wednesday will launch the delicate affair of choosing their leadership team in the next Congress, a routine exercise that’s taken on outsized significance following the party's battering at the polls two weeks ago.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her top lieutenants — Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) — are all running uncontested, setting the stage for the same power lineup to return for another term after 14 years together at the helm.
That grip on authority comes even despite some rank-and-file lobbying for a leadership facelift following a dismal election cycle when Democrats were forecasting large gains in the lower chamber, only to see their majority shrink instead.
The fifth-ranking House Democrat, Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.), is also facing no challenger, guaranteeing a second term in that post for the four-term Brooklyn native. A quartet of Democrats are running uncontested to become the four equal co-chairs of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC): Reps. Debbie Dingell (Mich.), Ted Lieu (Calif.), Matt Cartwright (Pa.) and Joe Neguse (Colo.).
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