WASHINGTON — Rep. Ted Lieu won a four-way contest Wednesday to be the next House Democratic Caucus vice chair, replacing fellow Californian Pete Aguilar, who was elected to serve as caucus chair.
Vice chair is the No. 5 ranking position in Democratic leadership when the party is in the minority, which Democrats will be come January. Until earlier Wednesday when Rhode Island Rep. David Cicilline announced a last-minute bid for the No. 4 spot of assistant Democratic leader against South Carolina Rep. James E. Clyburn, it was Democrats’ highest ranking contested leadership race.
Lieu beat Reps. Debbie Dingell of Michigan, Joyce Beatty of Ohio and Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania.
