Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., told reporters on Tuesday that she is considering a bid to lead Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, a panel with broad powers of investigation over the federal government. She is easily the most high-profile figure among a group of younger lawmakers challenging their more senior colleagues for top roles on House committees, upending more traditional rules of succession.
The current ranking member, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., 61, is fighting to wrest the top Democratic post in the House Judiciary Committee from Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., who is 77, leaving his own perch atop the Oversight Committee vacant. Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., 74, was the first to announce that he would run to replace Raskin. Ocasio-Cortez, 35, made her comments expressing interest shortly afterwards, saying that she has had "a lot of outreach from colleagues" and would be "making a decision shortly."
