While Republicans took control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections, Democratic Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark announced on Friday that she will be running for the position of Democratic Whip in the upcoming leadership elections scheduled for later this month.
During the years 2023 and 2024, the all-Democrat Massachusetts delegation to the House of Representatives plans to give up its influential leadership positions and function as the minority party in the House as they attempt to regain the body.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of California declared on Thursday that she will not seek any leadership position in the next Congress, opening the door for a new group of Democrats like Clark to take on more responsibility within the party.
EW: I voted for you today!
Thank you, Senator! pic.twitter.com/CqgriyjAtE
— Team Katherine Clark (@TeamKClark) November 9, 2022
Clark, a resident of Revere, provided her take on the midterms in a letter to coworkers in which she asked for their vote of confidence. She stated that voters had “affirmed our commitment to working people and rejected Republican extremism.”
“We have defeated the odds and won the House by the narrowest of margins by supporting women’s rights, democracy, and the prosperity of all people. To halt the Republican House Majority’s harmful plan and retake the House, we must now be aggressive, nimble, and united.”
By standing with women, for democracy & everyone’s economic security, @HouseDemocrats defied expectations & secured a historically close margin in the House. Now, we must be tough, agile & united to stop the GOP’s dangerous agenda. I'm ready to guide this work as Democratic Whip. pic.twitter.com/h9YawDJll4
— Katherine Clark (@WhipKClark) November 18, 2022
Clark stated, “we will require a united front” for Democrats to win as voters in Massachusetts and elsewhere join the ranks of the unenrolled. The key to success is working together, she stated. Numerous outlets have reported that New York Democrat Rep. Hakeem Jeffries will soon become the party’s minority leader.
With the election results still being counted, it’s clear that American voters are rejecting Republican extremism and affirming Democrats’ commitment to working people. -KC pic.twitter.com/A15nHNUt7v
— Team Katherine Clark (@TeamKClark) November 9, 2022
After rising to the top of the Democratic primary field, Clark served as a state senator and state representative before being elected to Congress in 2013.
