Last 8 Congress Members to Die in Office Were Democrats

The past eight members of Congress to die in office since November 2022 have all been Democrats, according to Business Insider.

Aging membership in both the House and Senate has long been a political talking point for younger lawmakers and political candidates, including for the left, like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.

Wednesday’s death of Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., from esophageal cancer is the third House Democrat to die in the past three months, joining Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz., and Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Texas, who died in early March.

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