Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez misplaced to Rep. Gerry Connolly Tuesday in a bid for rating member of the Home Oversight Committee. The 35-year-old misplaced 131-84 within the closed door caucus vote.
Ocasio-Cortez had her work lower out for her from the very begin, because the 74-year-old Connolly—a senior member of the committee—had former Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi campaigning for votes on his behalf. Final week, Pelosi was “actively working to tank” Ocasio-Cortez’s bid for the place, per Punchbowl Information. Connolly additionally secured an endorsement from the highly effective Steering and Coverage Committee, which generally steers the vote.
Connolly’s win comes simply over a month after he introduced he was battling esophageal most cancers.
Regardless of the chances stacked in opposition to the polarizing progressive, Ocasio-Cortez stored her head held excessive following her loss.
“Tried my best. Sorry I couldn’t pull it through everyone – we live to fight another day. ♥️,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote through BlueSky.
The progressive has a historical past of leaning a lot additional left than senior Democrats, which has seemingly pitted her in opposition to a few of her Democratic colleagues. AOC, nonetheless, has turn into one of the high-profile members of the committee as she echoes the voices of many youthful progressives. Her recognition—and knack for grabbing consideration—additionally translated to assist from different committee members main as much as the vote.
“She’s a very effective messenger, and that’s kind of the conclusion people have drawn from this election—that we haven’t had effective messengers,” Rep. Judy Chu informed Politico.
Whereas Democrats have been scrambling for a solution to succeed in youthful voters in the identical manner as Donald Trump’s marketing campaign, it seems Ocasio-Cortez—who broke from social gathering beliefs in requires Medicare for All and Palestinian assist—doesn’t have their vote of confidence simply but.
