{"id":3111,"date":"2025-05-10T11:40:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T11:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=3111"},"modified":"2025-05-10T11:40:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T11:40:13","slug":"ocasio-cortez-wont-run-for-top-committee-spot-as-2028-rumors-swirl-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=3111","title":{"rendered":"Ocasio-Cortez Won\u2019t Run For Top Committee Spot as 2028 Rumors Swirl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) announced she will not seek the top Democratic position on the House Oversight Committee, citing the caucus\u2019s continued emphasis on seniority.<\/p>\n<p>The role is opening after Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) stepped down due to cancer recurrence.<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez, who currently serves on the exclusive Energy and Commerce Committee, would have needed a waiver to rejoin Oversight. Her decision comes amid a generational shift in House Democratic leadership and growing speculation about her future, possibly eyeing a Senate run or even a 2028 presidential bid. A recent poll showed her leading Sen. Chuck Schumer by 19 points in a hypothetical Democratic primary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) announced she will not seek the top Democratic position on the House Oversight Committee, citing the caucus\u2019s continued emphasis on seniority. The role is opening after Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA)&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3112,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3111\/revisions\/3112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}