Swalwell, Gonzales resignations prompt bipartisan push to purge House members accused of misconduct
With Reps. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, gone, the spotlight shifts to Reps. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., and Cory Mills, R-Fla., who are both pressured to resign amid misconduct allegations.
Turbulent times in the House as two more lawmakers on the chopping block after Swalwell, Gonzales
The U.S. House of Representatives lost two members and gained another on Tuesday as disgraced Reps. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, both resigned, while Rep. Clay Fuller -- a Republican who won the special election last week to fill the seat vacated earlier this year by Marjorie Taylor Greene -- was sworn in to office the same day.
But the turmoil in Congress' lower chamber is ongoing as two lawmakers from Florida — Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and Republican Cory Mills — also face pressure to resign.
For example, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., indicated that she was “glad” Swalwell and Gonzales were departing, adding that she thought Mills should also "probably be on that list as well."
Ocasio-Cortez has also indicated that she thinks Cherfilus-McCormick should resign or be expelled from Congress.
Special election to fill US House seat in New Jersey taking place Thursday
Amid all the upheaval in the House this week, there is also a special election in New Jersey's 11th Congressional District on Thursday.
Democrat Mikie Sherrill vacated the seat last year after winning the New Jersey gubernatorial contest. She became the Garden State's governor earlier this year.
Democratic congressional candidate Analilia Mejia, who advocates for abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is running against Republican Joe Hathaway, a member of the Randolf Township Council.
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