The race to be the ranking member on the House Oversight Committee is fracturing the Democratic caucus ideologically and generationally as progressive and establishment members are split between Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).

The New Democrat Coalition, a center-left group of House Democrats, endorsed Connolly on Friday. Shortly after that, the Congressional Progressive Caucus endorsed Ocasio-Cortez. Both Connolly and Ocasio-Cortez are members of the caucuses that endorsed them.

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