The Brooklyn, New York House Representive becomes the first Black to hold the job….
Other Democratic leadership posts chosen have lawmakers decades younger then those they replace…
Approved by acclamation, Jeffries, 52, and two other lawmakers in leadership — Reps. Katherine M. Clark (Mass.), 59, and Pete Aguilar (Calif.), 43 — will represent a generational change for Democrats who will be in the minority in the new Congress….
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Jim Clyburn Wins Election to Democratic Leadership Post
“House Democrats elected Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina as assistant to the party leader, keeping him in the leadership ranks but at a lower position than in the current structure, after a last-minute challenger for the post dropped out of the running,” the Wall Street Journal reports.