Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly dead at 75 after cancer battle

Democratic Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly died Wednesday morning following a battle with esophageal cancer, his family announced.

He was 75.

Connolly had been the top Democrat on the powerful House Oversight Committee up until last month after edging out Bronx and Queens Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for the coveted role.

The Virginian is the third House Democrat to pass this year while in office and his death comes as House Republicans are scrambling to wrangle President Trump’s marquee One Big Beautiful Bill Act through their ultra-slim majority in the lower chamber.

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