AOC Should Have Won This Fight
Connolly is an Oversight lifer, having served on the committee since he arrived in Congress in 2009. By all accounts, he’s ...
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Progressives Mourn AOC’s Defeat in Leadership Race: ‘Democrats Refuse to Learn Their Lesson’
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) defeated Ocasio-Cortez in a vote taken by the entire Democratic caucus on Tuesday by a margin of 131-84, one day after the Democrats’ Steering an Policy Committee voted for ...
Progressives fume over AOC’s leadership loss: ‘Seniority issue’
Democrats elected Rep. Gerry Connolly, 74, as the next ranking member of the House Oversight Committee instead of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 35.
AOC Tells Democrats She’s Willing to Give Up Her Rebel Ways
Cortez, who shocked the political world in 2018 when she unseated 10-time incumbent Joe Crowley in a heated Democratic ...
AOC played the inside game - and insiders rejected it (for now)
ANALYSIS: The progressive Democrat went from being an insurgent to trying to be an ally of the Democratic caucus. The vote ...
Democratic panel picks senior Rep. Gerry Connolly over AOC for top Oversight post
The race between Connolly and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had been seen as a fight over seniority as younger Democrats pushed ...
Pelosi feud with AOC shows cracks in support for young Democrats challenging leadership
Nancy Pelosi isn't in Washington, D.C., but she is leading an effort to block Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from winning a ...
AOC's Oversight rise marks Democratic generational shift
Ocasio-Cortez has earned the support of the majority of the panel’s Democrats, based on interviews with a dozen members.
Connolly’s victory over AOC shows the limits of Dems’ demand for generational change
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, with a ...