Dozens of Democratic Candidates Decline to Back Hakeem Jeffries as Party Leadership Faces Growing Tension

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Jacob Lawrence, a candidate challenging Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards in North Carolina, said Jeffries’ lack of support for Mamdani “makes me nervous that, if I were to become the nominee in my race, he and the party would not support me.”

Meanwhile, Chakrabarti — known for his work alongside Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Justice Democrats continue reading …