Jeffries still confident Democrats will take back House after Virginia redistricting ruling

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Source: The Hill

05/09/26 1:48 PM ET


House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) expressed confidence on Saturday that Democrats can still win back the House of Representatives, despite a recent redistricting loss in Virginia.

“We’re going to take back control of the House of Representatives,” Jeffries told MS NOW’s Ali Velshi. “We’re going to continue to make clear to the American people that we will lower their high cost of living, fix a broken health care system and clean up the corruption that we’re seeing in the country, in the Congress, certainly with the Supreme Court and deal with the most corrupt administration in American history,” he continued.

Republicans currently have a slim majority in the lower chamber of Congress. There are 217 GOP members, 212 Democrats and one independent representative in the House who caucuses with Republicans. Additionally, there are five vacant seats that were previously held by three Democrats and two Republicans.

Jeffries called for “nationwide” reform to judicial, electoral and campaign finance systems. “Which is why we have to take the House back, take the Senate back, keep pressing forward, and then in 2028, take the presidency back as well,” the Democratic leader said.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5871116-jeffries-confident-midterms-virginia-redistricting-ruling/