House Democrats on Tuesday elected Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) as the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, according to multiple lawmakers familiar with the matter. Why it matters ...

Days after being re-elected, longtime Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly announced that he has been diagnosed with esophagus cancer ...

That year, it elected Gerry Connolly by a healthy 55 percent to 43 percent margin over Keith Fimian. But Fairfax County swung back toward the Republicans in the 2009 gubernatorial election.