Rep. Gerald Connolly, who represents a federal employee-heavy district in the Virginia suburbs of the capital, and now heads the government management subcommittee already has said he will seek the position. Image: Katherine Welles/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffThe loss in this week’s primary voting by the top Democrat on the key House committee on federal workforce matters means that someone else will hold that role in the Congress convening next year, although whether that role will be chair or ranking minority member depends on which party controls the chamber after the November election.
Current chair Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York lost to Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., when the two were forced into a primary contest by redistricting, setting off a process for succession that involves a mix of seniority, personal interests and party goals.
Rep. Gerald Connolly, who represents a federal employee-heavy district in the Virginia suburbs of the capital, and now heads the government management subcommittee already has said he will seek the position.
“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.
Other possible candidates could include Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton of the District of Columbia, and Steven Lynch of Massachusetts, a former chair of the subcommittee. However, following any general election there always is a broad reshuffling of roles in Congress and others could emerge, as well.
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