{"id":989,"date":"2026-11-13T19:25:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T00:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/?p=989"},"modified":"2026-11-13T19:25:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T00:25:35","slug":"hakeem-jeffries-challenger-inevitable-democrats-fear-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/?p=989","title":{"rendered":"Hakeem Jeffries Challenger \u2018Inevitable,\u2019 but Democrats Fear the Cost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"av-in-brief\"><strong>In brief:<\/strong> House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has no declared challenger for House speaker after Democrats won control of both chambers in the November 3 midterm elections, but opposition inside the party is growing. Much of the resistance centers on his longstanding support for Israel and ties to AIPAC. Experts say a challenge is &quot;inevitable&quot; but warn that openly opposing Jeffries carries a steep political cost, since any challenger would still have to work with him if the effort failed. House Democrats are scheduled to hold their leadership elections on November 18.<\/p>\n<div class=\"av-faq\">\n<h2>Key questions<\/h2>\n<h3>Who is challenging Hakeem Jeffries for House speaker?<\/h3>\n<p>No Democrat has formally stepped forward to challenge Jeffries for speaker. Experts say a challenge is likely inevitable, but doing so could come at a significant political cost if it fails.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"av-schema\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Who is challenging Hakeem Jeffries for House speaker?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"No Democrat has formally stepped forward to challenge Jeffries for speaker. Experts say a challenge is likely inevitable, but doing so could come at a significant political cost if it fails.\"}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/av-faq --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wire-source\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/hakeem-jeffries-speaker-house-challenger-democrats-what-next-12714110\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newsweek \u2014 Hakeem Jeffries Challenger \u2018Inevitable,\u2019 but Democrats Fear the Cost<\/a>. Also reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/11\/13\/us\/politics\/jeffries-house-speaker-democrats.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wire-credit\"><em>AI-assisted summary; the reporting is the source&#x27;s. Read the original at the link.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hakeem Jeffries, House speaker, Democratic Party, AIPAC, midterm elections<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has no declared challenger for House speaker after Democrats won control of both chambers in the November 3 midterm\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,203,2],"tags":[1178,352,814,1177,59],"class_list":["post-989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-donald-j-trump","category-election-2026","category-politics","tag-aipac","tag-democratic-party","tag-hakeem-jeffries","tag-house-speaker","tag-midterm-elections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}