AOC's bid was reportedly opposed by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. House Democrats selected Connolly by a vote of 131 to 84. Ocasio-Cortez has since left the committee. At the time ...

And that’s in no small part because the age gap isn’t the only divide at play here: Generational: While Connolly is literally twice AOC’s age, he is by and large not seen in the same vein as ...

Washington — Democrats elected Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia to serve as the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, rejecting a push by some members to tap a younger generation of ...

Rep. Gerry Connolly’s triumph over Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for the top Democratic spot on the Oversight Committee illustrates the limits of the party’s demand for generational change ...

Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia will be the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee after defeating AOC in the race to be ranking member. "It had nothing to do with how old people were," Rep.

Gerry Connolly of Virginia. Connolly, 74, bested the 35-year-old Ocasio-Cortez with 131 to 84 votes in what is seen as a blow for progressives who backed Ocasio-Cortez, a member of the progressive ...

House Democrats on Tuesday voted for Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) to become the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, electing him to the key position by a vote of 131-84 over Rep.

What People Are Saying Max Cohen, of Punchbowl News on X: "Connolly's victory over AOC is the culmination of his entire House career spent on Oversight Cmte. Connolly's pitch was his intense focus ...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who lost to Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) for the spot last December, may not be the guaranteed successor. Connolly announced Monday his cancer had returned and he ...

The most charitable line on those Democrats backing Connolly is that some centrist members are nervous about making AOC such a major face of the party. And lawmakers in their 60s, who have spent a ...

Gerry Connolly, D-Va., a 74-year-old with cancer ... explained what appears to have been the prevailing wisdom: “While AOC is young, talented and incredibly inspiring to the progressive base ...

Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) will be serving as interim ranking member when Connolly steps down, the Washington Examiner confirmed. But Lynch is also reportedly looking to make his time in the ...