U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries talks about control of Congress and his new book "The ABCs of Democracy."

Hakeem Jeffries nearly became House speaker. Instead, he’s steering the Democratic Party through an identity crisis and hoping to avoid an ugly intraparty civil war.

House Democrats voted unanimously Tuesday to reelect House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), multiple sources familiar with the matter tell Axios.Why it matters: Jeffries is poised to lead the resistance to the incoming Trump administration along with soon-to-be Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.