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(34,195 posts) Tue Dec 11, 2018, 10:58 AM Dec 2018

Rep. Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) will have 'assistant Speaker' title

Rep. Ben Ray Lujan's (D-N.M.) new title in the next Congress will be "assistant Speaker" instead of "assistant majority leader," House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told rank-and-file members in a closed-door caucus meeting Tuesday, multiple sources in the room told The Hill.

Lujan, a staunch Pelosi ally, just came off a successful stint as House Democrats' campaign chairman in the 2018 midterms.

Democrats picked up a net of 40 House seats to win back the majority.

This story is developing ...

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/420758-lujan-will-have-assistant-speaker-title