This year’s contest might be more spirited. Although Connolly and Lynch had both expressed interest, Maloney, as second in line, secured the spot.īaldwin, Collins press Senate colleagues to pass marriage equality legislationĭemocrats highlight contentious Pennsylvania Senate primary ahead of Oz, McCormick reunion At the time, House Democrats were in the midst of impeaching then-President Trump for the first time, and Democratic leaders, behind Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), took pains to fill the vacancy without a protracted internal fight. Maloney got the Oversight gavel in 2019, following Cummings’s death at the age of 68. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) took over the top spot on the Oversight and Reform Committee in 2011 by hopping over a more veteran Democrat. Still, seniority provides no guarantee of winning a gavel. Unlike the Republicans, Democrats tend to favor more veteran members when it comes to filling the top seat on committees. The offices of Norton and Lynch did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Wednesday. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), is retiring at the end of the term. A third lawmaker ranked higher than Connolly, Rep. To win the seat, Connolly would have to leapfrog more senior members of the committee: Del. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), a contest that pitted two powerful committee chairs - Nadler leads the Judiciary Committee - who have represented portions of Manhattan for decades against each other. Maloney on Tuesday lost a contentious primary to Rep.
“For more than fourteen years, I have made this Committee my top priority and focused on the issues that define it: Postal reform defending our proud federal employees rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse modernizing the federal government and holding the Trump administration accountable,” he said Wednesday morning in a statement.
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