The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnsonwill continue to belong to this. He has represented a constituency in Louisiana since 2017. As speaker, he has an important role within the Republicans. In the dispute over the release of further US aid for Ukraine at the beginning of the year, he was under considerable pressure from the right-wing fringe of his party and prevented a vote for weeks.
Also the Democratic minority leader in the House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffrieshas defended his seat for New York City as expected.
The majority in the House of Representatives, which was newly elected on Tuesday, has not yet been determined. Whether Johnson and Jeffries will continue in their respective roles remains to be seen.
Also sits for a constituency in New York Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the House of Representatives. The Democrat, also known as “AOC,” was first elected in 2018 and quickly rose to prominence as one of the leading voices of her party’s left wing.
Was re-elected as a representative in California Nancy Pelosi. The former Speaker of the House of Representatives has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1987 and is one of the most influential masterminds within the Democratic Party.
Her seat in the US Senate for the state of Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren successfully defended. The 75-year-old is a leading representative of the left wing of the Democratic Party and has made a name for herself as a critic of large banks and corporations.
The independent senator also stands for left-wing politics Bernie Sanders. He has been a member of Congress for more than 30 years. He initially represented the state of Vermont as a member of the House of Representatives before moving to the Senate in 2007, where he will now continue to be a member. Despite his independence, Sanders mostly votes with the Democrats. In 2016 and 2020 he unsuccessfully ran for the party’s presidential nomination.
The Democrat has also recently become known Rashida Tlaibas a Palestinian-American representative, an important voice for Arab-American and Muslim voters. During the campaign, Tlaib decided against supporting Kamala Harris. In their native Michigan, the votes of Arab-American voters have a major influence on the election outcome.
Two Republican hardliners were also re-elected in the House of Representatives: in Colorado Lauren Boebertan ardent Donald Trump supporter who was recently expelled from the theater because of her behavior during a recent theater visit Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia, also a big Trump supporter and known for controversial positions on issues such as immigration and gun rights.
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