For Larson, A Fight To Retain Leadership Post

WASHINGTON--When the political music stops at the House Democratic Caucus post-election bash, will Rep. John Larson still have a chair at the leadership table?

Larson's staff says yes, and the 1st District Democrat has been holed up calling his House colleagues to shore up support.

But others say Larson's ability to keep his job as chairman of the Democratic Caucus is increasingly at risk. With Republicans poised to take the Speaker's gavel come January, Democrats will have one less leadership slot to fill in the House.

And because House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has decided to try to remain as minority leader in the next Congress, it looks like other top Democrats, including the current Majority Leader, Rep. Steny Hoyer, may all get bumped down one rung.

Larson is currently the 4th ranking Democrat in the House. His leadership role involves everything from fundraising for vulnerable members to relaying complaints from rank-and-file Democrats to Pelosi.

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