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Rep. Ben Ray Luján has signed onto a letter backing Steny Hoyer, D-Md., in his race against Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., for House Minority Whip in the next Congress. Hoyer, the current House Majority Whip, also got the backing of some high profile Democrats.
From the letter:
We are writing to encourage you to join us in supporting Steny Hoyer as our next House Democratic Whip. We know that this is a trying time for our country and our party-but the first step in standing up for the middle-class and winning back the House majority is electing a strong leadership team to unify our Caucus. Majority Leader Hoyer has been an essential part of our Caucus’s leadership in the 111th Congress, and we need his leadership in the days ahead.
Talking Points Memo reports that some of the other signatories include “John Dingell — the “Dean” of the House — respected progressive Jerrold Nadler, Blue Dogs like Larry Kissell and Jason Altmire, and Silvestre Reyes, an influential member of the Hispanic caucus.”
Luján won re-election last week with 57 percent of the vote over Republican Tom Mullins. Luján’s district is considered safe for Democrats.
