Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) skated to victory in New York City on Tuesday, Decision Desk HQ projects, easily beating back a symbolic challenge from Republican John Delaney in a race that was never a contest.

The big question surrounding Jeffries this cycle was never whether he’d win a seventh term, but whether the Democrats will flip control of the lower chamber and put him in position to become the first Black Speaker in the history of the country — a question that remains unanswered Tuesday evening as dozens of battleground races across the map have yet to be called.

Jeffries's ascent within........

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