BURSTHouse Democrats voted Tuesday to make Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) their top member on the House Agriculture Committee, choosing a junior member of the powerful panel over a more veteran lawmaker who was also vying for the seat.
Craig, in her third term, defeated Rep. Jim Costa (D-Calif.), the second-ranking member of the committee, who has been on Capitol Hill for two decades. The vote took place behind closed doors, and by secret ballot, in the basement of the Capitol. The tally was 121 to 91.
The vote follows a decision by the Democrats’ Steering and Policy Committee to recommend Craig for the seat over Costa and Rep. David Scott (D-Ga.), the current ranking member. Scott dropped out of the race on Monday after the Steering vote.Â
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