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Hakeem Jeffries: “Winning down ballot statewide races in Georgia for the first…”

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

House Minority Leader Jeffries and DCCC Chair DelBene Hold News Conference

Published November 5, 2025 | Video Starts at 11:12

Sweeping the state Supreme Court races in Pennsylvania, a battleground state that Donald Trump just last year Winning down ballot statewide races in Georgia for the first time in 20 years. That's an indication of the environment and a rejection by everyday Americans of the extremism that Republicans have unleashed on the American people. (11:12–11:21)

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Asserts that Democrats won down-ballot statewide races in Georgia for the first time in 20 years.

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