Hakeem Jeffries is certain Democrats will win back House control in 2026

WASHINGTON, DC: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries recently said that his party is definitely going to reclaim control of the House of Representatives in the 2026 midterm elections. 

He stressed that the Democrats are going to stay focused on pressing issues such as the rising cost of living, issues in the healthcare system, and perceived corruption in the government. 

Hakeem Jeffries says Democrats are 'definitely' going to take back control of the House 

In an interview on NBC News’s 'Meet the Press', host Kristen Welker asked Hakeem Jeffries about the Democrats’ sweeping successes in Tuesday’s elections, pointing to victories in New York City, New Jersey, Virginia, and California. 

He asked the Democratic leader how confident he is that his party 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, fixing our broken health care system, and cleaning up corruption, to actually deliver a country that works for working-class Americans, for everyday Americans, and for middle-class Americans,” Jeffries stressed.

Hakeem Jeffries also sees a 'strong and viable path' to the Senate

Hakeem Jeffries noted that, along with winning back the House, he also sees a realistic path for the Democrats to regain control of the Senate next year. Pointing to other races last week that didn’t get as much national attention but which, he said, also bode well for Democrats.

“I think that the results on Tuesday — which were so decisive in the states that you mentioned, but also in Georgia, in Mississippi, in Pennsylvania, across the country, up and down the ballot, including in races that didn’t get the same level of attention — shows that there’s a real path,” he said.

The Democrat added, “Of course, that’s true in the House where we’re only three seats short right now. When we flipped the House in 2018, we were 24 seats short.”

"But also a strong and viable path in the Senate, because the American people have had enough, and they want a government that actually puts them first, as opposed to what Republicans have been doing, prioritizing the wealthy, the well-off, and the well-connected," Jeffries argued.