Hakeem Jeffries nearly became House speaker. Instead, he’s steering the Democratic Party through an identity crisis and hoping to avoid an ugly intraparty civil war.

House Democrats voted unanimously Tuesday to reelect House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), multiple sources familiar with the matter tell Axios.Why it matters: Jeffries is poised to lead the resistance to the incoming Trump administration along with soon-to-be Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.

House Leader Hakeem Jeffries won reelection Tuesday as the Democratic leader. The New York Democrat received support from his colleagues despite the party’s inability to win back majority control of the chamber in the November election.