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Democrats to choose new House Oversight Committee leader to take on Trump WASHINGTON — Democrats on Tuesday will select their new leader of the House Oversight Committee, a lawmaker who will play a critical role in investigating President Donald Trump and his administration in the next Congress if the party takes control of the chamber in the 2026 midterm elections. It’s a highly competitive, four-way race for the top Democratic slot on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, with no clear front-runner. But the race has broken down along generational lines, with two younger upstarts in their 40s vying for the job against two seasoned septuagenarians on the committee. And it comes amid concerns from some members of the party that aging Democrats don’t have the energy or tactical abilities to take on Trump in such a hypercharged political environment. The opening on the Oversight Committee occurred after Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., died of cancer at 75 last month, just five months after he beat back a challenge from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 35, of New York, for the ranking member position. The four Democratic lawmakers running this time around are: Rep. Stephen Lynch, 70, of Massachusetts, the acting ranking member on the panel; Rep. Kweisi Mfume, 76, of Maryland, a senior member of the panel and a former president of the NAACP; Rep. Robert Garcia, 47, of
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