Sarah Roderick-Fitch
The democratic congress Gerry Connolly died after the battle with cancer.
He was 75 years venerable.
The Connolly family issued a statement on Wednesday morning saying that “he died calmly in his home this morning surrounded by his family.”
Departing from Boston, Massachusetts, he finally settled in North Virginia, serving in the Supervisory Board of Fairfax, before he was elected at the 11th Congress District in Virginia in 2008.
Connolly announced At the end of April, he will not look for re -election and will give way as a member of the House Supervisory Committee rank.
In November, Congresmen announced He fought with esophageal cancer.
In April, Congresmen said to his voters that when he first announced his battle for cancer, he “promised transparency.” He provided an update of his health.
The Congressmen’s family described him as a “visionary” and “fierce defender of democracy, the master of the environment and mentor for so many.” They say that his heritage will live on “from the silver line to the Library Oakton, mosaics to the cross -country trail and more.”
They added that Congresmen has called the House of North Virginia for almost 40 years and served the region with “joy”, “goal” and “passion”.
From Wednesday in the morning after the political passage, condolence news came.
The Republican Governor Virginia Glenn Youngkin expressed sadness during Connolly’s death, citing his public service.
“We are deeply saddened by the death of Congressmen Gerry Connolly. His decades of public service reflect deep commitment to Virginia. Suzanne and I sent our sincere prayers to his family, friends and all who mourn his loss,” said Youngkin in a media post.
The departure of Connolly creates a third will in the home chamber. Democratic representatives of Sylvester Turner from Texas and Raul Grijalva from Arizona died on March 5 and March 13, respectively. The combination of the chamber is 220 Republicans, 212 democrats and three free places.
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Sarah Roderick-Fitch is Center square Regional editor MID-ATLANTIC. Earlier she worked as an editor and was a writer in several publications. In addition to writing and edition, Sarah spent almost a decade working for non-profit organizations, public policy in the Washington region.
Photo “Gerry Connolly” Gerry Connolly.
