As Democrats prepare to vote on who should be the ranking member of the Oversight Committee, Rep. Robert Garcia won a key recommendation Monday night, positioning the second-term lawmaker as the official frontrunner ahead of Tuesday’s caucus-wide vote.
Garcia beat out Reps. Jasmine Crockett, Stephen Lynch and Kweisi Mfume for the Steering and Policy Committee endorsement during a private meeting Monday night — and he did it on the first ballot, after roughly 60 of the most senior and powerful House Democrats voted behind closed doors on who the group recommends to serve as Oversight’s ranking member.
He won 33 votes, compared to Lynch’s 15, Mfume’s eight and Crockett’s six, according to a source familar with the vote.