{"id":6021,"date":"2025-05-13T00:01:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T00:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/?p=6021"},"modified":"2025-05-13T00:01:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T00:01:22","slug":"ocasio-cortez-wont-run-for-top-committee-spot-as-2028-rumors-swirl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/?p=6021","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&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6021"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6022,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6021\/revisions\/6022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}