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Hakeem Jeffries: “In states like New York and New Jersey and Washington and…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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Leader Jeffries at the 2026 CAP IDEAS Conference

Published | Video Starts at 12:52

And in most state legislatures, California was an exception. It takes two consecutively elected legislative bodies before you can bring something before the voters or do it in the state legislature. Which means that In states like New York and New Jersey and Washington and Colorado, and we'll add on top of that, Oregon, Illinois and Maryland will have at least seven states that we believe we need to respond in advance of 2028. to what they are doing in the Deep south to wipe out any structural advantage that they're trying to get themselves in advance of 2028. (12:52–13:10)

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Asserts that Democrats need to respond to gerrymandering in at least seven states by 2028.

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