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All the Oversight We Cannot See

Gerry Connolly’s looming retirement from Oversight has once again set off a leadership scramble: A.O.C. may be out, for now, but the dam has broken for a House Democratic caucus riven by generational change.

Jasmine Crockett
Crockett’s assertiveness has paid dividends before: The decision to challenge Debbie Dingell for a leadership post last year, while unsuccessful, made her ambitions clear. Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Images
Abby Livingston
May 5, 2025

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On Friday, Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett may have set off yet another generational conflict among Democrats when she announced that she’d run to lead her party on the Hill’s most political committee: House Oversight. “If given an opportunity to lead, I am ready to go on day one,” she told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins. With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez now pouring cold water on the idea of running again, that opportunity seems more open than ever.