State Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, a representative of Brooklyn district No. 57 and a Prospect Heights resident, is gearing up to defeat long-term incumbent Rep. Edolphus Towns in next year’s congressional race.
The 41-year-old Jeffries thinks that an “injection of new ideas and energy will be helpful,” according to a story in the New York Times today. Within the next couple of days, his campaign committee plans to disclose that he has so far raised $173,750 in contributions, the Times wrote.
Jeffries is taking on a fellow Democrat who has held office since 1983.
The assemblyman is a lawyer with a wife and two sons. He hopes to bring issues of housing, education and criminal justice to the forefront in Washington, if he wins.
For more on the assemblyman’s bid to unseat Towns go to the New York Times.
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