Rep. Connolly Won’t Seek Reelection, Will Step Down from Top Oversight Role

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) will not seek reelection in 2026 as he focuses on winning another fight: his battle with esophageal cancer. Announcing the news on April 28, Connolly, 74, said he would soon step down from his role as the top Democrat on the House’s powerful Oversight Committee. “When I announced my diagnosis six months ago, I promised transparency,” he wrote in a note to his constituents posted on social media platform X. “After grueling treatments, we’ve learned that the cancer, while initially beaten back, has now returned.” The congressman vowed to “do everything possible” to finish out the rest of his ninth term....