House Democrats in competitive districts elected Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger on Tuesday to represent them in the caucus leadership.
Spanberger defeated Pennsylvania Rep. Matt Cartwright for battleground leadership representative, a role the full caucus voted last week to create.
Only battleground Democrats — defined as caucus members who were on the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s Frontline and Red to Blue candidate lists at the end of the cycle — were allowed to run or vote in the election. The vote was 33-20, according to a source in the room.
