James Walkinshaw, Democrat of Virginia, Wins House Special Election

James Walkinshaw will fill a seat left open by the death of his former boss, Gerald Connolly, and shrink the Republicans’ majority in the chamber.

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House Democrats Elect Robert Garcia for Top Oversight Post

Robert Garcia, a second-term congressman and former mayor of Long Beach, Calif., prevailed over a more experienced member to take on the high-profile job on one of the House’s most contentious panels.

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Garcia Joins Generational Fight Among House Democrats

The 47-year-old Democrat is facing another younger colleague and two septuagenarians in a contest next month to lead their party on the Oversight Committee.

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After Biden and Connolly, Some Democrats Wonder: Should Age and Term Limits Exist?

After Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis and Representative Gerry Connolly’s death, some in the party want more elected officials, as one Democrat put it, to seek an earlier “escape hatch from politics.”

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Gerry Connolly, Democratic Congressman of Virginia, Dies at 75

He had announced late last year that he was being treated for cancer of the esophagus. He told his constituents in April that he would not seek re-election.

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Gerry Connolly, Democratic Congressman of Virginia, Dies at 75

Mr. Connolly had announced late last year that he was being treated for cancer of the esophagus.

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USPS Selects FedEx Board Member, David Steiner, as Next Postmaster General

David Steiner, who also served as president and chief executive officer of Waste Management Inc., is expected to start in July.

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AOC Won’t Seek House Oversight Committee Role

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Democrats’ emphasis on seniority led her not to seek a leadership role on the powerful Oversight Committee.

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Connolly, Top Democrat on Oversight Panel, to Relinquish Post and Retire

Representative Gerald E. Connolly of Virginia said he would not run for re-election. He will also give up his leadership spot on the oversight panel as he faces cancer.

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Schumer’s Retreat From a Government Shutdown Has Young Democrats Fuming

A generational divide, seen in newer lawmakers’ impatience with bipartisanship and for colleagues who don’t understand new media, has emerged as one of the deepest rifts within the party.

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