The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is endorsing Rep. Robert Garcia for the top spot on the Oversight Committee, handing Garcia an influential bloc of Democrats as he races to clinch the spot against three of his colleagues.
Garcia is the sole Latino candidate running for the ranking member spot and was expected to win the endorsement, but the 42 Democrats in the CHC handed Garcia a momentum boost in a race that, so far, has not had a clear front-runner.
Garcia is running against Rep. Stephen Lynch, who been serving as interim ranking member since the late Rep. Gerry Connolly’s cancer diagnosis and death, as well as Reps. Kweisi Mfume and Jasmine Crockett.