BALLOT · NYCELECTION · NOV 3 · 2026
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U.S. HOUSE DISTRICT 8

U.S. Representative

WHY YOU SHOULD CARE

  • /Votes on federal student loan policy and Pell Grants
  • /Votes on federal healthcare, immigration, and abortion-rights legislation
  • /Controls federal funding for NYC housing and transit

ON THE NOVEMBER 3 BALLOT

Official list certified by the NYS Board of Elections (September 4, 2026).

Hakeem S. Jeffries

INCUMBENT

DEMOCRATIC

Incumbent and House Minority Leader, in office since 2013; won the June 23 Democratic primary and is the heavy favorite in this Brooklyn district.

WHERE THEY STAND

  • Healthcare

    Led a successful discharge petition that forced a January 2026 House vote extending enhanced ACA premium tax credits for three years, which passed 230-196 with a unanimous Democratic caucus.

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  • Cannabis

    Supported the MORE Act to end federal marijuana prohibition and expunge low-level convictions, and has said it is 'time to end the federal cannabis prohibition,' working with Rep. Dave Joyce on the bipartisan PREPARE Act.

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  • Public Safety

    Helped negotiate and pass the bipartisan First Step Act of 2018, which he describes as progress toward eradicating 'the mass incarceration epidemic,' and lists criminal justice reform as a core issue.

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