2018 United States House of Representatives Democratic Caucus leadership election

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House Democratic Leaders elected by the Democratic Caucus of the U.S. House for the 116th Congress.
Front (l-r): Katherine Clark, Ben Ray Lujan, Steny Hoyer, Nancy Pelosi, Jim Clyburn, Hakeem Jeffries, Cheri Bustos.
Back (l-r): Joe Neguse, Jamie Raskin, Eric Swalwell, Ted Lieu, Debbie Dingell, David Cicilline, Matt Cartwright, Rosa DeLauro, Barbara Lee, Katie Hill. House Democratic Leaders of the 116th Congress.png
House Democratic Leaders elected by the Democratic Caucus of the U.S. House for the 116th Congress.
Front (l-r): Katherine Clark, Ben Ray Luján, Steny Hoyer, Nancy Pelosi, Jim Clyburn, Hakeem Jeffries, Cheri Bustos.
Back (l-r): Joe Neguse, Jamie Raskin, Eric Swalwell, Ted Lieu, Debbie Dingell, David Cicilline, Matt Cartwright, Rosa DeLauro, Barbara Lee, Katie Hill.

A leadership election was held by the United States House of Representatives Democratic Caucus before the beginning of the 116th United States Congress on January 3, 2019. The election determined who will be nominated by the caucus for the speakership election as well as who would occupy other leadership positions within the House Democratic Caucus. The following positions were nominated or elected on November 29: Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, House Majority Leader, House Majority Whip, House Assistant Majority Leader, Democratic Caucus Chair, and Democratic Caucus Vice Chair. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair, the Policy and Communications Committee's Chair and its three Co-Chairs, Junior Caucus Representative and Freshman Class Representative were elected the next day, and a third co-chair was added to the Steering and Policy Committee by the Leader.

Contents

Nominee for Speaker

Candidates

Potential candidates

Declined

Results

Democratic Caucus Speaker of the United States House of Representatives nomination election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Nancy Pelosi 203 84.94%
Democratic Opposing Nancy Pelosi3213.39%
Democratic Blank ballot31.26%
Democratic Absent10.42%
Total votes239 100%

Majority Leader

Candidates

Results

Democratic Caucus Majority Leader election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Steny Hoyer Acclamation100%
Democratic Absent10.42%
Total votes239 100%

Majority Whip

Candidates

Withdrew

Results

Democratic Caucus Majority Whip election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jim Clyburn Acclamation100%
Democratic Absent10.42%
Total votes239 100%

Democratic Assistant Leader

Candidates

Withdrawn

Results

Democratic Caucus Assistant Majority Leader election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ben Ray Luján Acclamation100%
Democratic Absent10.42%
Total votes239 100%

Democratic Caucus Chair

Candidates

Withdrawn

Endorsements

Barbara Lee
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Organizations
Individuals

Results

Democratic Caucus Chair election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Hakeem Jeffries 123 51.46%
Democratic Barbara Lee 11347.28%
Democratic Absent10.42%
Total votes239 100%

Democratic Caucus Vice Chair

Candidates

Results

Democratic Caucus Vice-Chair election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Katherine Clark 144 60.25%
Democratic Pete Aguilar 9037.66%
Democratic Absent52.09%
Total votes234 100%

DCCC Chair

Candidates

Withdrawn

Results

Democratic Caucus DCCC Chair election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Cheri Bustos 117
Democratic Denny Heck 83
Democratic Suzan DelBene 32
Democratic Absent3
Total votes232 100%

DPCC Chair

This is a newly created position of the United States House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee which will rank above the three current co-chairs.

Candidates

Results

Democratic Caucus DPCC Chair election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic David Cicilline Acclamation100%
Democratic Absent10.42%
Total votes239 100%

DPCC Co-Chairs

Candidates

Results

Democratic Caucus DCCC Chair election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ted Lieu 161
Democratic Debbie Dingell 144
Democratic Matt Cartwright 119
Democratic Chrissy Houlahan 107
Democratic Adriano Espaillat 90
Democratic John Garamendi 44
Total votes100%

Junior Caucus Representative

Candidates

Results

Democratic Caucus Junior Caucus Representative election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jamie Raskin 65
Democratic Terri Sewell 57
Total votes100%

Freshman Class Representatives

Candidates

Results

Democratic Caucus Freshman Class Representatives election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Katie Hill
Democratic Joe Neguse
Total votes100%

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