Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) is launching a bid to become the highest-ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, raising a challenge to Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and creating an intraparty fight for one of the most powerful committees in Congress. 

Raskin announced his candidacy in a letter to colleagues Monday, pitting him against Nadler, who has held the party’s highest seat on the committee since 2019. However, Raskin said he made the decision because “the stakes have gone way up since the election,” echoing arguments that the committee may be one of Democrats’ best weapons to thwart a GOP trifecta in Washington.