2021 Populist Party Congressional Committee leadership election (SophiaNyberg article)

The 2021 Populist Party Congressional Committee leadership election occurred on January 8, 2021. It was the inaugural leadership election for the Populist Party Congressional Committee. Because the Populist Party did not have at least 20 members of the House who were eligible to vote in the leadership election, the leader was chosen by the Populist Party Executive Committee. A member of the House was only eligible to vote if he or she was not the incumbent leader or a candidate for leader. This election had three candidates - Mike Gallagher, the House leader of the pro-Trump faction, and Rosa DeLauro, the House leader of the progressive Democratic faction. Nine of the sixteen members of the Committee had to agree on a leader for the election to conclude 
The Populist Party Executive Committee consisted of the following 16 members at the time of the election:
* Mike Castle (R) of Delaware
* Tom Carper (D) of Delaware
* Dave Freudenthal (Populist) of Wyoming
* Mike DeWine (R) of Ohio
* Mark Gordon (R) of Wyoming
* Phil Scott (Populist) of Vermont
* John Bel Edwards (Populist) of Louisiana
* Andy Beshear (D) of Kentucky
* Joe Donnelly (D) of Indiana
* Laura Kelly (D) of Kansas
* Susan Collins (R) of Maine
* Alan Simpson (R) of Wyoming
* Lisa Murkowski (R) of Alaska
* Eric Holcomb (R) of Indiana
* Jim Hood (D) of Mississippi
* Boyd Rutherford (R) of Maryland
Before the election, Rosa DeLauro was supported by most of the Executive Committee, until in her response to a question she said she would move the party to the left. The executive committee did not support this. 
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