House Speaker Candidate Jeffries 2025 Candidates. Pete aguilar (d., calif.) nominated house minority leader hakeem jeffries (d., n.y.) for speaker and quipped that he had done this several times before. All 215 house democrats were expected to vote for jeffries on friday, u.s.

Will hakeem jeffries become america’s first black house speaker? Regardless, though, it’s quite unlikely that jeffries will be made speaker of the house, as it would require more cooperation from republicans than they have shown in.