Rep.-elect Don Leonard of Ohio said Tuesday that “senior members of the Democratic House” have threatened to make his life “a living hell” unless he backs, without conditions, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to be the next Speaker of the House.
Rep.-elect Don Leonard of Ohio said Tuesday that “senior members of the Democratic House” have threatened to make his life “a living hell” unless he backs, without conditions, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to be the next Speaker of the House.
Dear NYC DSA, it’s time to primary Jeffries.
At present, the only person who could possibly pull that off is Mamdani, if he wants it.
Which, if we got Mamdani ousting Jeffries and AOC ousting Schumer in 2028, that would be massive.
Depends which tree Mamdani wants to scale from here — Federal, or State (his journey ending with Governor and no further). Alternatively, he could choose to eye Gilibrand’s Senate seat. Nice bit of redemption for how she snubbed him too.
I seem to recall that state governors have won the presidency.
Yes but Mandani cannot be President, unfortunately.
Constitutionally, naturalized citizens cannot be President.
El-Sayed, however, can.
Yes he can’t be president, but no reason he can’t be governor of New York for 2 terms and then become senator. He’s young enough to do 2 terms as mayor, 2 terms as governor, and still enter the senate significantly younger than the average age
Yeah absolutely. I just wonder if when Republicans are at their weakest and AOC is about to make a move if he wouldn’t have some synergistic amplification in the timing of his own move in 2028. Governors have use (thanks to them, Dems may be able to gut the electoral college), but personally I’d rather be a US Senator if the path to the Presidency is closed.
Ah, I didn’t even consider that because I don’t generally think of people in those terms.
He was elected this year. His primary opponent dropped out after a DSA internal vote. He’s starting a whole new term.
Every house rep is starting a whole new term
Not exactly, no, US Congressmen terms start and end on different years. For example, of the 53 GOP Senators only 20 were up for reelection in 2026.Therefor it’s worth noting that Jeffries WAS up for reelection in 2026.EDIT: No, I’m wrong, just checked and every House Rep was up for election, neat. They only have 2 year terms nationwide.
It’s understandable. You’re thinking of senators, who are divided into three classes with elections every two years. These Senate elections are staggered in such a way that one state never has both senators up for re-election at the same time.