Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11) at the ribbon cutting for Silver Line Metro at Innovation Center (Nov. 15, 2022). Connolly died Wednesday morning, May 21, 2025, at the age of 75.

The top spot on the Oversight Committee, the main investigative panel in the House, became vacant after Representative Gerald E. Connolly of Virginia died last month at 75.

U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly Won’t Run in 2026 Resurgence of cancer deals him a blow. U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va) at Juneteenth 2022, Liberty Amendment Month, Town of Vienna, June 18, 2022.

Candidates in the Virginia special election to succeed the late Democratic Rep. Gerald E. Connolly are facing a sprint, especially compared with their counterparts looking to fill other open House ...

Connolly comfortably held the seat since his first election in 2008. Walkinshaw has served on the board of supervisors since January 2020, where he also chairs the board’s legislative committee.

Both parties should recognize that RCV rewards candidates who build broad coalitions rather than appeal to narrow factions — ...

Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia has died at the age of 75 after a battle with esophageal cancer. Connolly served as the top Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government ...

Virginia Congressman Gerry Connolly died at home surrounded by family on Wednesday, weeks after announcing his esophageal cancer had returned, his loved ones said. The longtime Northern Virginia ...

Sprint for a special election: The campaign for the Democratic nomination for the special election to succeed the late Rep. Gerald E. Connolly in Virginia’s deep-blue 11th District is in full swing.

Virginia Democrats have little time left to campaign for the primary election to replace the late Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA). Five weeks after Connolly died after battling cancer, Virginia will ...