House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said on Sunday he’s confident Democrats will take back the House in the 2026 midterm elections and is optimistic about his party’s chances to win back control of the Senate, as well. In an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” moderator Kristen Welker asked Jeffries about the Democrats’ sweeping successes in Tuesday’s elections — pointing to victories in New York City, New Jersey, Virginia and California — and asked the Democratic leader how confident he is that Democrats can retake the House going into next year’s midterm elections.

“Democrats are definitely going to take back control of the House of Representatives,” Jeffries told Welker. “And we're going to stay focused on the issues that matter: lowering the high cost of living, fixin

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