Dreams, desks and selfies: Newly elected members of Congress learn their way around – WTOP News
The new lawmakers are also choosing party leaders in private meetings before the Jan. 3 swearing-in.
- More than 100 newly elected members of Congress arrived in Washington this week for freshmen orientation, beginning their transition ahead of the January 3 swearing-in ceremony.
- Rep.-Elect LaKesha Womack, a community organizer who won on a $56,000 campaign budget, said she won by simply showing up and talking with voters and understands the pressures of living on a budget.
- Incoming lawmakers face immediate decisions on party leadership, with House Republicans holding a closed-door race between Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan on Tuesday, while progressives push for Democratic Party changes.
- As freshmen navigate orientation at the Capitol, exiting lawmakers like former Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown joined colleagues for sessions, while outgoing House Speaker Mike Johnson hosted a reception in Statuary Hall for House Republicans.
- Sen.-Elect Chris Pappas described the incoming class as a "new generation of leadership that wants to do things differently," as members prepare to assume duties during the peaceful transfer of power on January 3.
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Representative-elect Brian Poindexter said his victory over acting Republican representative Max Miller ensures that Ohio remains a highly contested state
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Dreams, desks and selfies: Newly elected members of Congress learn their way around
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep.-elect LaKesha Womack, a community organizer who stunned her own Democratic Party by defeating a well-known North Carolina Republican on her shoestring $56,000 campaign budget, said she's
Dreams, desks and selfies: Newly elected members of Congress learn their way around – WTOP News
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep.-elect LaKesha Womack, a community organizer who stunned her own Democratic Party by defeating a well-know North Carolina Republican on her shoestring $56,000 campaign budget, said she’s excited to arrive in Washington and show what’s possible. Rep.-elect Brian Poindexter said his win over incumbent GOP Rep. Max Miller ensures Ohio remains a...
Democrats urgently arrive after electoral sweep; Republicans define new leadership
Representative-elect LaKesha Womack, a community organizer who shocked her own Democratic Party by defeating a well-known North Carolina Republican with the meager $56,000 budget, said she is excited to get to Washington and show what is possible.
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