The file

Hakeem Jeffries

Democratic · House Minority Leader · New York · Spectrum score -46

House · 2026 ballot ·

Hakeem Jeffries is House Minority Leader in New York. Political positions and ideology score -46 (Left). Jeffries is presented as the next Pelosi without the trades.

College: Binghamton University, B.A. 1992 · Georgetown University, M.P.P. 1994 · NYU School of Law, J.D. 1997
Spouse: Kennisandra Arstak Jeffries
Children: Two
Résumé: House Minority Leader · 2023–
U.S. Representative · New York-8 · 2013–
New York State Assembly · 2007–2012

Net worth: $3.2M
Salary: $193,400
Before office: $400K
2026 raised: $14.0M
Years in office: 19

Where Hakeem stands on the spectrum

Hakeem Jeffries scores -46 on Spectrum’s left–right line (left), left of center on the economy and progressive on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite -46 · Left · economic -52 · social -44 · authoritarian -19

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Jeffries is presented as the next Pelosi without the trades. The file is call time: a leadership PAC that is a second government, and a donor map that looks like Schumer’s younger cousin. The votes are liberal. The invoices are Midtown.

Finances

Modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit of any household.

Net worth

$3.2M

+700% since taking office

House disclosure midpoint, 2024

Before office$400K

Now$3.2M

Brooklyn assemblyman to minority leader. The money is leadership PACs and New York law/finance, not a secret fortune.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $14.0M
Cash on hand: $7.5M

Top industries

Lawyers
Wall Street
Unions
Leadership PACs

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

Leadership PAC is the money. The brokerage is ordinary index funds.

House disclosure, 2024 · STOCK Act ranges, not an audit

VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market
Joint
$100K–$500K
VXUS
Vanguard Total International
Joint
$30K–$150K

Ticker	Name	Owner	Range
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Joint	$100K–$500K
VXUS	Vanguard Total International	Joint	$30K–$150K

Sum of ranges $130K–$650K · midpoint $390K

X sentiment

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Odds

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Live wire

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Conflicts

DCCC / leadership PAC as a whip: members who want committee slots learn the call time.
Wall Street zip codes on a Brooklyn brand.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: -52
Social: -44
Authoritarian: -19
Confidence: 94

Taxes & spending-50
Higher taxes on high earners, larger public budget
Health care-60
Public or single-payer coverage as a right
Climate & energy-56
Aggressive climate rules and fossil-fuel phase-down
Business regulation-48
Stronger antitrust, labor, and consumer rules
Labor & wages-46
Unions, higher minimum wage, worker power
Immigration-40
A broader legal path, less interior enforcement
Abortion-72
Legal access, opposed to bans
Guns-54
Licensing, assault-weapon limits, red-flag laws
Crime & policing-16
Reform, diversion, less incarceration
Schools & speech-48
Public-school investment, DEI frameworks
Defense & alliances-8
Diplomacy-first, smaller overseas footprint
Civil liberties-28
Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans

Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): -0.47

Compass

Auth · leftAuth · rightLib · leftLib · rightAuthoritarianLibertarianEconomic leftEconomic right

Sources

DW-NOMINATE
Leadership record
Wealth and fundraising are modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit.
College, family, and résumé are public-record facts, not a campaign bio.