{"id":8896,"date":"2025-05-14T22:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T22:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/?p=8896"},"modified":"2025-05-14T22:00:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T22:00:25","slug":"ocasio-cortez-wont-run-for-top-committee-spot-as-2028-rumors-swirl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/?p=8896","title":{"rendered":"Ocasio-Cortez Won\u2019t Run For Top Committee Spot as 2028 Rumors Swirl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2168-1024x702.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2168-1024x702.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2168-300x206.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2168-768x526.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2168.jpeg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<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\n\n\n<p>The role is opening after Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) stepped down due to cancer recurrence.<\/p>\n\n\n\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&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8898,"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8896\/revisions\/8898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}