Oct 9, 2024 - Politics & Policy
Travel tracker: Jeffries' #2
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Jeffries' deputy — Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) — has already traveled to two dozen states this cycle, we have learned.
Why it matters: Clark's travel serves dual roles, her allies tell us — helping Democrats win back the House majority and preparing her to step into the majority leader role should they do so.
- Clark has focused on abortion and child care, positioning herself as the party's de facto congressional spokesperson on those issues.
Clark was a DCCC vice chair for recruitment in 2017 and co-chair of the DCCC's Red to Blue program in 2018, becoming caucus vice chair in 2019 and assistant speaker in 2021.
— Andrew Solender
