News: House Democrats will hold a June 24 election to fill the ranking member slot on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The late Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) held the position until his death May 21. The election will be held by secret ballot. Members will

Another must-read from Jonathan Martin. Having covered Ohio politics daily from 2018 to 2023, the shift away from a DeWine/Portman/Stivers-controlled GOP to a Trump/Vance/Ramaswamy one has been fascinating and swift. politico.com/news/magazine/…

RonJohn signals he wont run again.

News: Rep Robert Garcia jumps into the race to be the top Dem on House Oversight Garcia, a 47 yo sophomore, is looking to replace the late Rep Gerry Connolly. The election is June 24 punchbowl.news/robert-garcia-…

New: Rep Stephen Lynch enters the race to lead Oversight Dems In his letter he says the late Rep Gerry Connolly endorsed him punchbowl.news/rep-_stephen_l…

And other Dem enters the Oversight ranking member race: Rep Kweisi Mfume punchbowl.news/mfume_for_over…

🚨NEW in Punchbowl News AM: WHAT WE LEARNED AT THE PENTAGON Secretary of the Army DAN DRISCOLL wants Congress to stop forcing the Pentagon to buy things the Army doesn't need. He understands this could cost jobs in districts. And is willing to go on the road to explain it. He says

News: Fresh #TXSEN primary polling shows Sen John Cornyn down 22 points (!) to Ken Paxton Paxton - 50% Cornyn - 28% This is an independent poll conducted by Robert Blizzard for a nonpartisan think tank advocating for school choice Full memo in here >> punchbowl.news/article/campai…

Scoop - Adam Jentleson is quietly launching a new think tank called Searchlight. He previewed it at Wildflower retreat in NY w/ big donors & 2028ers. Per ppl who talked to him, aim is to break ideological boxes & reject interest groups. politico.com/news/2025/06/0…

New: The #VA11 special election to fill Gerry Connolly’s seat is set for Sept. 9, per Gov Glenn Youngkin July 11 is the last day for candidate filing Connolly endorsed his former chief, James Walkinshaw, but the field is getting crowded elections.virginia.gov/media/castyour…

NEW: Senate Republicans are holding a meeting on reconciliation plans for all GOP senators on Wednesday afternoon, per multiple sources Comes as Senate GOP leadership is trying to move extremely fast to wrap the tax, border & spending-cut bill by July 4 w/ Andrew Desiderio

Some news in Punchbowl News Midday: former Rep Matt Cartwright (D) is set to announce that he will NOT run again in #PA08, per 2 people familiar He lost to now-Rep Rob Bresnahan (R) in 2024 & Dems had hoped he would run again w Mica Soellner

News: Rep Jasmine Crockett officially enters the race to lead House Oversight Dems Reps Stephen Lynch, Kweisi Mfume and Robert Garcia are already in Her letter: punchbowl.news/congresswoman-…

Max Cohen “Breaking News. Elon Musk and I agree with each other” — Hakeem Jeffries

Scoop - The "Speaking with American Men" project co-founders know ppl are mocking them. But they're plowing ahead, sharing first round of research. 30 focus groups w/ young men. Results are bleak for Dems. “Ds are seen as weak...Rs are seen as strong." politico.com/news/2025/06/0…

🚨Nebraska State Sen. John Cavanaugh (D) is running against GOP Rep. Don Bacon (R) in NE-02, giving Democrats their highest profile challenger yet. Cavanaugh’s father represented NE-02 in the 1970s.

Some #MISEN news: ex Rep Mike Rogers (R) is getting crypto $$ First Principles Digital, a pro-crypto GOP super PAC, endorsed Rogers & pledged a multi-million effort to help him in primary + general Comes as Rep Bill Huizenga (R) is still mulling a run punchbowl.news/article/campai…

The CBC is in a dilemma as two Black lawmakers are vying for the top Democratic spot on Oversight — but neither is the most senior. Behind the scenes, it’s sparking a quiet debate about age, race and seniority in the House. More from Ally Mutnick— punchbowl.news/article/house/…

Rep. Mary Miller says in a since-edited post it was "deeply disturbing" that a "Muslim" led morning prayer in the House (it was actually a Sikh man, Giani Singh, who'd been welcomed by Rep. Jeff Van Drew)

The interesting thing here is Garcia's chief of staff was Pelosi's longtime personal office chief...