The death of Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) revived a fierce battle over age that has bedeviled the Democratic Party.
Connolly died on Wednesday at the age of 75 after a recurrence of cancer forced the Virginia lawmaker to step down as the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee last month.
His death marks the third elderly Democratic member of Congress to die in office this year. The late Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) died in March at the age of 77 after a battle with cancer.
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A week before Grijalva passed, Texas Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner died at the age of 70. He had recovered from bone cancer in 2022.
CONGRESSMAN GERRY CONNOLLY DIES AT 75
Younger Democrats have pointed to their deaths as examples that
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